2027 Best Culinary Arts/Chef Training Schools in Virginia
Culinary Arts/Chef Training programs are offered at a focused set of schools across the country. While the number of schools offering the program varies, there are still top-quality ones to be found.
For its 2027 ranking, College Factual looked at 1 schools in the United States to determine which ones were the best for culinary arts/chef training students pursuing a degree.
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Best Schools for Culinary Arts/Chef Training in Virginia
Below are the schools that deliver the strongest overall culinary arts/chef training education in Virginia.
Top Schools in Culinary Arts/Chef Training
Leading the list is Ecpi University, our #1 school for culinary arts/chef training. Ecpi University is a large private for-profit school located in the city of Virginia Beach. Roughly 28% of students complete a degree within six years here. Ecpi University awarded about 95 culinary arts/chef training degrees in the most recent data year. Students who receive their culinary arts/chef training degree from Ecpi University earn around $21,480 in the first couple years of their career. Students borrow a median of $13,744 to complete this degree.
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Notes and References
The ranking above is published by College Factual (MF_RANKING_2025), 2027 edition. Schools are scored on a blend of student outcomes (graduation rate, post-graduation earnings), affordability, and program focus, drawn primarily from the U.S. Department of Education (IPEDS and College Scorecard).
Ranking method: College Major Top Ranked · 1 school evaluated.
- The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE), serves as the core of our data about colleges.
- Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
More about our data sources and methodologies.
