by our College Data Analytics Team
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Culinary Science Major” ranking.
In 2020-2021, 196 people earned their degree in culinary science/culinology, making the major the 984th most popular in the United States.
At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 94 culinary science/culinology graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,682 and $26,217 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Culinary Science Major” ranking looked at 11 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in culinary science/culinology. That schools that top this list have a program in culinary science/culinology in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Culinary Science Major” list to help you make the college decision.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for bachelor’s degree culinary science students.
Out of the 11 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Culinary Science Major that were part of this year’s ranking, Culinary Institute of America landed the #1 spot on the list. The Culinary Institute of America is located in Hyde Park, New York and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 53 bachelors’s culinary science degrees to qualified students.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Bastyr University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Culinary Science Major. Bastyr University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Kenmore, Washington. The school has a small population, and it awarded 4 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Johnson & Wales University - Providence. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Culinary Science Major. Johnson & Wales University - Providence is located in Providence, Rhode Island and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 12 bachelors’s culinary science degrees to qualified students.
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Out of the 11 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Culinary Science Major that were part of this year’s ranking, Southwest Minnesota State University landed the #4 spot on the list. Located in Marshall, Minnesota, this medium-sized public school awarded 3 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s culinary science students in 2020-2021.
Read more about Culinary Science/Culinology at Southwest Minnesota State University
Out of the 11 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Culinary Science Major that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas Woman’s University landed the #5 spot on the list. TWU is a public institution located in Denton, Texas. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 11 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Life University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Culinary Science Major ranking, coming in at #6. Life University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Marietta, Georgia. It awarded 1 bachelors’s culinary science degrees in 2020-2021.
Drexel University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Culinary Science Major ranking. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s culinary science degrees to 9 students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 88%.
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Mississippi State University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Culinary Science Major ranking. Mississippi State, Mississippi is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s culinary science degrees to 1 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Full Mississippi State University Culinary Science/Culinology Report
Dominican University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Culinary Science Major ranking, coming in at #9. Dominican U is a small school located in River Forest, Illinois that handed out 0 bachelors’s culinary science degrees in 2020-2021.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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University of Holy Cross came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Culinary Science Major ranking. This small school is located in New Orleans, Louisiana, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s culinary science degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
Johnson & Wales University - Charlotte did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Culinary Science Major ranking, coming in at #9. Johnson & Wales University - Charlotte is a private not-for-profit institution located in Charlotte, North Carolina. The school has a small population, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
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