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. 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 Florida” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 19,806 people earned their degree in culinary arts, making the major the 97th most popular in the United States. 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 Florida, there were 1,298 culinary arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $21,971 and $18,080 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 294 culinary arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,132 and $22,101 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Culinary Arts Major in Florida” ranking analyzed 14 colleges that offered a degree in culinary arts. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their culinary arts program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Culinary Arts Major in Florida”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend AI Miami International University of Art and Design. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Culinary Arts Major in Florida list. Miami, Florida is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private for-profit school handed out associates’s culinary arts degrees to 13 students in 2020-2021.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Keiser University - Ft Lauderdale. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Culinary Arts Major in Florida list. Located in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, this fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 58 degrees to qualified associates’s culinary arts students in 2020-2021.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northwest Florida State College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Culinary Arts Major in Florida list. Northwest Florida State College is located in Niceville, Florida and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 6 associates’s culinary arts degrees to qualified students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Pensacola State College. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Culinary Arts Major in Florida. This medium-sized school is located in Pensacola, Florida, and it awarded 11 associates’s culinary arts degrees in 2020-2021.
Out of the 14 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Culinary Arts Major in Florida that were part of this year’s ranking, Florida State College at Jacksonville landed the #5 spot on the list. FSCJ is a large school located in Jacksonville, Florida that handed out 39 associates’s culinary arts degrees in 2020-2021.
Miami Dade College ranked #6 on this year’s Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Culinary Arts Major in Florida list. This large school is located in Miami, Florida, and it awarded 64 associates’s culinary arts degrees in 2020-2021.
Gulf Coast State College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Culinary Arts Major in Florida ranking, coming in at #7. Located in Panama City, Florida, this small public school awarded 4 degrees to qualified associates’s culinary arts students in 2020-2021.
Valencia College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Culinary Arts Major in Florida ranking, coming in at #8. Valencia College is a public institution located in Orlando, Florida. The school has a large population, and it awarded 55 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The College of the Florida Keys did quite well in the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Culinary Arts Major in Florida ranking, coming in at #9. Key West, Florida is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s culinary arts degrees to 1 students in 2020-2021.
Daytona State College landed the #10 spot on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Culinary Arts Major in Florida ranking. Daytona State College is a fairly large school located in Daytona Beach, Florida that handed out 11 associates’s culinary arts degrees in 2020-2021.
Hillsborough Community College came in at #11 in this year’s edition of the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Culinary Arts Major in Florida ranking. Tampa, Florida is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s culinary arts degrees to 16 students in 2020-2021.
Broward College came in at #12 in this year’s edition of the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Culinary Arts Major in Florida ranking. Broward College is a large school located in Fort Lauderdale, Florida that handed out 12 associates’s culinary arts degrees in 2020-2021.
Eastern Florida State College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Culinary Arts Major in Florida ranking, coming in at #13. Eastern Florida State College is a fairly large school located in Cocoa, Florida that handed out 2 associates’s culinary arts degrees in 2020-2021.
Indian River State College ranked #14 on this year’s Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Culinary Arts Major in Florida list. Indian River State College is located in Fort Pierce, Florida and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 2 associates’s culinary arts degrees to qualified students.
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