by our College Data Analytics Team
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Most Well Attended Culinary Arts/Chef Training Major for a Bachelor’s” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
Culinary Arts/Chef Training is the 168th most popular major in the country with 9,052 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 172 culinary arts/chef training graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,682 and $26,217 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Well Attended Culinary Arts/Chef Training Major for a Bachelor’s” ranking, we looked at 13 colleges that offer a degree in culinary arts/chef training. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have one of the most popular culinary arts/chef training programs in the United States.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for bachelor’s degree culinary arts/chef training students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Johnson & Wales University - Providence. The school came in at #1 for the Most Well Attended Culinary Arts/Chef Training Major for a Bachelor’s. Johnson & Wales University - Providence is a private not-for-profit institution located in Providence, Rhode Island. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 64 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Nicholls State University. The school came in at #2 for the Most Well Attended Culinary Arts/Chef Training Major for a Bachelor’s. Nicholls State University is a public institution located in Thibodaux, Louisiana. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 42 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Full Nicholls State University Culinary Arts/Chef Training Report
Out of the 13 schools in the Most Well Attended Culinary Arts/Chef Training Major for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, SUNY Delhi landed the #3 spot on the list. SUNY Delhi is located in Delhi, New York and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 16 bachelors’s culinary arts/chef training degrees to qualified students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Culinary Institute of America. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Culinary Arts/Chef Training Major for a Bachelor’s list. This small school is located in Hyde Park, New York, and it awarded 15 bachelors’s culinary arts/chef training degrees in 2020-2021.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend National Louis University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Culinary Arts/Chef Training Major for a Bachelor’s list. NLU is a medium-sized school located in Chicago, Illinois that handed out 10 bachelors’s culinary arts/chef training degrees in 2020-2021.
With a ranking of #6, Paul Smiths College of Arts and Science did quite well on the 2023 Most Well Attended Culinary Arts/Chef Training Major for a Bachelor’s list. This small school is located in Paul Smiths, New York, and it awarded 8 bachelors’s culinary arts/chef training degrees in 2020-2021.
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Roosevelt University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Most Well Attended Culinary Arts/Chef Training Major for a Bachelor’s ranking. Chicago, Illinois is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s culinary arts/chef training degrees to 5 students in 2020-2021.
The Restaurant School at Walnut Hill College did quite well in the 2023 Most Well Attended Culinary Arts/Chef Training Major for a Bachelor’s ranking, coming in at #7. This small school is located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and it awarded 5 bachelors’s culinary arts/chef training degrees in 2020-2021.
Full The Restaurant School at Walnut Hill College Culinary Arts/Chef Training Report
College of the Ozarks did quite well in the 2023 Most Well Attended Culinary Arts/Chef Training Major for a Bachelor’s ranking, coming in at #9. This small school is located in Point Lookout, Missouri, and it awarded 3 bachelors’s culinary arts/chef training degrees in 2020-2021.
Henry Ford College ranked #9 on this year’s Most Well Attended Culinary Arts/Chef Training Major for a Bachelor’s list. Dearborn, Michigan is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s culinary arts/chef training degrees to 3 students in 2020-2021.
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Southern New Hampshire University did quite well in the 2023 Most Well Attended Culinary Arts/Chef Training Major for a Bachelor’s ranking, coming in at #11. Manchester, New Hampshire is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s culinary arts/chef training degrees to 1 students in 2020-2021.
Drexel University did quite well in the 2023 Most Well Attended Culinary Arts/Chef Training Major for a Bachelor’s ranking, coming in at #12. This large school is located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s culinary arts/chef training degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.9% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 88%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Idaho State University did quite well in the 2023 Most Well Attended Culinary Arts/Chef Training Major for a Bachelor’s ranking, coming in at #12. This fairly large school is located in Pocatello, Idaho, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s culinary arts/chef training degrees in 2020-2021.
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