by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Culinary Arts Major in California” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Culinary Arts is the 97th most popular major in the country with 19,806 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, culinary arts graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $24,855 and had an average of $17,765 in loans still to pay off.
Across California, there were 1,378 culinary arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $27,848 and $22,011 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 408 culinary arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,972 and $17,699 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Culinary Arts Major in California” ranking, we looked at 46 colleges that offer a degree in culinary arts. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in culinary arts.
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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Culinary Arts Major in California” list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for california associate degree culinary arts students.
Out of the 46 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Culinary Arts Major in California that were part of this year’s ranking, Columbia College landed the #1 spot on the list. Columbia Junior College is a small school located in Sonora, California that handed out 17 associates’s culinary arts degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Laney College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Culinary Arts Major in California list. Laney College is a public institution located in Oakland, California. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 15 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Los Angeles Trade Technical College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Culinary Arts Major in California list. Los Angeles Trade Technical College is a public institution located in Los Angeles, California. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 22 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend San Diego Mesa College. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Culinary Arts Major in California. San Diego Mesa College is located in San Diego, California and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 18 associates’s culinary arts degrees to qualified students.
Out of the 46 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Culinary Arts Major in California that were part of this year’s ranking, Cerritos College landed the #5 spot on the list. Cerritos College is a fairly large public school situated in Norwalk, California. It awarded 41 associates’s culinary arts degrees in 2020-2021.
Los Angeles Mission College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Culinary Arts Major in California ranking, coming in at #6. Sylmar, California is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s culinary arts degrees to 18 students in 2020-2021.
College of the Desert landed the #7 spot on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Culinary Arts Major in California ranking. College of the Desert is a fairly large public school situated in Palm Desert, California. It awarded 14 associates’s culinary arts degrees in 2020-2021.
Woodland Community College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Culinary Arts Major in California ranking, coming in at #8. Woodland Community College is a public institution located in Woodland, California. The school has a small population, and it awarded 4 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.
San Joaquin Delta College landed the #9 spot on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Culinary Arts Major in California ranking. Located in Stockton, California, this fairly large public school awarded 22 degrees to qualified associates’s culinary arts students in 2020-2021.
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With a ranking of #10, Long Beach City College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Culinary Arts Major in California list. Long Beach, California is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s culinary arts degrees to 26 students in 2020-2021.
Cypress College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Culinary Arts Major in California ranking, coming in at #11. Located in Cypress, California, this fairly large public school awarded 16 degrees to qualified associates’s culinary arts students in 2020-2021.
Grossmont College landed the #12 spot on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Culinary Arts Major in California ranking. Grossmont College is a fairly large public school situated in El Cajon, California. It awarded 16 associates’s culinary arts degrees in 2020-2021.
City College of San Francisco came in at #13 in this year’s edition of the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Culinary Arts Major in California ranking. City College of San Francisco is a public institution located in San Francisco, California. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 18 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.
With a ranking of #14, Orange Coast College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Culinary Arts Major in California list. Orange Coast College is a fairly large school located in Costa Mesa, California that handed out 19 associates’s culinary arts degrees in 2020-2021.
Monterey Peninsula College ranked #15 on this year’s Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Culinary Arts Major in California list. Monterey Peninsula College is a medium-sized public school situated in Monterey, California. It awarded 5 associates’s culinary arts degrees in 2020-2021.
American River College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Culinary Arts Major in California ranking, coming in at #16. American River College is a large public school situated in Sacramento, California. It awarded 13 associates’s culinary arts degrees in 2020-2021.
With a ranking of #17, Chaffey College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Culinary Arts Major in California list. Chaffey College is a fairly large public school situated in Rancho Cucamonga, California. It awarded 18 associates’s culinary arts degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.7% 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 ranking of #18, Contra Costa College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Culinary Arts Major in California list. This medium-sized school is located in San Pablo, California, and it awarded 5 associates’s culinary arts degrees in 2020-2021.
Riverside City College landed the #19 spot on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Culinary Arts Major in California ranking. Riverside City College is a fairly large school located in Riverside, California that handed out 15 associates’s culinary arts degrees in 2020-2021.
Oxnard College landed the #20 spot on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Culinary Arts Major in California ranking. Oxnard, California is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s culinary arts degrees to 6 students in 2020-2021.
Yuba College came in at #21 in this year’s edition of the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Culinary Arts Major in California ranking. This medium-sized school is located in Marysville, California, and it awarded 3 associates’s culinary arts degrees in 2020-2021.
Southwestern College landed the #22 spot on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Culinary Arts Major in California ranking. Southwestern College is a fairly large public school situated in Chula Vista, California. It awarded 7 associates’s culinary arts degrees in 2020-2021.
Cabrillo College landed the #23 spot on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Culinary Arts Major in California ranking. Aptos, California is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s culinary arts degrees to 5 students in 2020-2021.
With a ranking of #24, Cosumnes River College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Culinary Arts Major in California list. Cosumnes River College is a public institution located in Sacramento, California. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 3 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.
San Bernardino Valley College landed the #25 spot on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Culinary Arts Major in California ranking. San Bernardino Valley College is a public institution located in San Bernardino, California. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 4 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.
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