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 has developed its “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Culinary Arts Major” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
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.
At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 0 culinary arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $75,260 and $0 respectively.
That schools that top this list have a program in culinary arts in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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 Doctorate Highly Focused on Culinary Arts Major” list to help you make the college decision.
We’ve created a tool called College Combat that lets you create your own customized comparisons based on the factors that matter the most to you. Go ahead and give it a try, or bookmark the link so you can check it out later.
The colleges and universities below are the best for doctor’s degree culinary arts students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Mississippi State University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Culinary Arts Major list. Located in Mississippi State, Mississippi, this large public school awarded 1 degrees to qualified doctorate’s culinary arts students in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.
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