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2026 Highest Paid Culinary Arts Grads in Wisconsin

[Culinary Arts](/majors/personal-and-culinary-services/culinary-arts/) is a field where your choice of school can shape what you earn after graduation. A top-earning program sends graduates into careers with strong starting pay.

For its 2026 highest-paid-graduates ranking, College Factual looked at 3 schools to find where culinary arts graduates earn the most.

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• Highest Paid Culinary Arts Grads in Wisconsin

2026 Highest Paid Culinary Arts Grads in Wisconsin

If you want to know which schools send culinary arts graduates into the highest-paying careers, see the list below.

Highest Paid Culinary Arts Graduates

1

Fox Valley Technical College
Appleton, WI

$40,883 Average Early-Career Salary

Fox Valley Technical College tops our 2026 list of the highest-paying culinary arts schools in Wisconsin. Fox Valley Technical College is a public school located in the suburb of Appleton. Early-career culinary arts graduates from Fox Valley Technical College make a median of around $40,883 per year.

2

Blackhawk Technical College
Janesville, WI

$33,982 Average Early-Career Salary

Blackhawk Technical College came in at #2 on our 2026 list of the highest-paying culinary arts schools. Blackhawk Technical College is a public school located in the suburb of Janesville. Students who complete the culinary arts program here go on to a median salary of roughly $33,982.

3

Milwaukee Area Technical College
Milwaukee, WI

$32,428 Average Early-Career Salary

Milwaukee Area Technical College produces some of the highest-paid graduates in culinary arts, landing the #3 spot this year. Set in the city of Milwaukee, Milwaukee Area Technical College is a public institution. Early-career culinary arts graduates from Milwaukee Area Technical College make a median of around $32,428 per year.

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Notes and References

This ranking is produced by College Factual, 2026 edition. The methodology measures the salaries culinary arts graduates go on to earn early in their careers, drawn primarily from the U.S. Department of Education (College Scorecard field-of-study earnings and IPEDS).

Ranking method: College Major Earnings · 3 schools evaluated.

*Salary figures reflect median early-career earnings (about 5 years after graduation) and may vary by how long a person takes to complete their degree.

• 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.
• Graduate earnings data comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard) field-of-study earnings.

More about our data sources and methodologies.