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. 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 a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Culinary Arts Major in Pennsylvania” 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 Pennsylvania, there were 327 culinary arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $27,421 and $21,769 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 24 culinary arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,741 and $27,572 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Culinary Arts Major in Pennsylvania” ranking looked at 5 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in culinary arts. That schools that top this list have a program in culinary arts in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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The culinary arts school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Culinary Arts Major in Pennsylvania”.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for pennsylvania bachelor’s degree culinary arts students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The Restaurant School at Walnut Hill College. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Culinary Arts Major in Pennsylvania. The Restaurant School at Walnut Hill College is a small private for-profit school situated in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It awarded 11 bachelors’s culinary arts degrees in 2020-2021.
Full The Restaurant School at Walnut Hill College Culinary Arts Report
Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Culinary Arts Major in Pennsylvania that were part of this year’s ranking, Lackawanna College landed the #2 spot on the list. This small school is located in Scranton, Pennsylvania, and it awarded 2 bachelors’s culinary arts degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Pennsylvania College of Technology. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Culinary Arts Major in Pennsylvania list. Penn College is a small public school situated in Williamsport, Pennsylvania. It awarded 2 bachelors’s culinary arts degrees in 2020-2021.
Full Pennsylvania College of Technology Culinary Arts Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Drexel University. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Culinary Arts Major in Pennsylvania. Drexel University is located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 9 bachelors’s culinary arts degrees to qualified students.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 88%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. 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%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Delaware Valley University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Culinary Arts Major in Pennsylvania list. DelVal is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Doylestown, Pennsylvania. It awarded 0 bachelors’s culinary arts degrees in 2020-2021.
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