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2023 Most Popular Colleges for Culinary Arts in Texas

29 Ranked Colleges
1,430 Degrees Awarded
$21,900 Avg Cost*
Most Well Attended Culinary Arts Major in Texas

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 “Most Well Attended Culinary Arts Major in Texas” 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.

Across Texas, there were 1,430 culinary arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $25,460 and $23,347 respectively.

This year’s “Most Well Attended Culinary Arts Major in Texas” ranking analyzed 29 colleges that offered a degree in culinary arts. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in culinary arts.

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Most Well Attended Culinary Arts Major in Texas

The colleges and universities below are the best for texas culinary arts students.

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Out of the 29 schools in the Most Well Attended Culinary Arts Major in Texas that were part of this year’s ranking, Auguste Escoffier School of Culinary Arts - Austin landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Austin, Texas, this small private for-profit school awarded 249 diplomas to qualified ’s culinary arts students in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full Auguste Escoffier School of Culinary Arts - Austin Culinary Arts Report

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Culinary Institute Inc. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Culinary Arts Major in Texas list. This small school is located in Houston, Texas, and it awarded 111 ’s culinary arts degrees in 2020-2021.

The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read more about Culinary Arts at Culinary Institute LeNotre

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Houston Community College. The school came in at #3 for the Most Well Attended Culinary Arts Major in Texas. Houston, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s culinary arts degrees to 53 students in 2020-2021.

Full Houston Community College Culinary Arts Report

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St Philip's College
San Antonio, Texas

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend St Philip’s College. The school came in at #4 for the Most Well Attended Culinary Arts Major in Texas. This fairly large school is located in San Antonio, Texas, and it awarded 112 ’s culinary arts degrees in 2020-2021.

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El Centro College
Dallas, Texas

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend El Centro College. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Culinary Arts Major in Texas list. El Centro College is a public institution located in Dallas, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 117 ’s degrees in 2020-2021.

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Texas State Technical College landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Most Well Attended Culinary Arts Major in Texas ranking. Located in Waco, Texas, this fairly large public school awarded 43 diplomas to qualified ’s culinary arts students in 2020-2021.

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South Texas College
McAllen, Texas

South Texas College landed the #7 spot on the 2023 Most Well Attended Culinary Arts Major in Texas ranking. South Texas College is located in McAllen, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 42 ’s culinary arts degrees to qualified students.

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With a ranking of #8, The Art Institute of Houston did quite well on the 2023 Most Well Attended Culinary Arts Major in Texas list. This small school is located in Houston, Texas, and it awarded 27 ’s culinary arts degrees in 2020-2021.

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El Paso Community College came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Most Well Attended Culinary Arts Major in Texas ranking. El Paso Community College is a public institution located in El Paso, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 47 ’s degrees in 2020-2021.

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Collin County Community College District ranked #10 on this year’s Most Well Attended Culinary Arts Major in Texas list. Collin County Community College District is a public institution located in McKinney, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 71 ’s degrees in 2020-2021.

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San Jacinto Community College did quite well in the 2023 Most Well Attended Culinary Arts Major in Texas ranking, coming in at #11. San Jacinto Community College is a large public school situated in Pasadena, Texas. It awarded 56 ’s culinary arts degrees in 2020-2021.

Full San Jacinto Community College Culinary Arts Report

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The Art Institute of San Antonio ranked #11 on this year’s Most Well Attended Culinary Arts Major in Texas list. Ai San Antonio is a small private for-profit school situated in San Antonio, Texas. It awarded 20 ’s culinary arts degrees in 2020-2021.

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Lee College
Baytown, Texas

Lee College ranked #13 on this year’s Most Well Attended Culinary Arts Major in Texas list. Lee College is a medium-sized public school situated in Baytown, Texas. It awarded 113 ’s culinary arts degrees in 2020-2021.

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The Art Institute of Dallas came in at #14 in this year’s edition of the Most Well Attended Culinary Arts Major in Texas ranking. The Art Institute of Dallas is a private for-profit institution located in Dallas, Texas. The school has a small population, and it awarded 16 ’s degrees in 2020-2021.

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Tarrant County College District came in at #15 in this year’s edition of the Most Well Attended Culinary Arts Major in Texas ranking. Tarrant County College District is located in Fort Worth, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 47 ’s culinary arts degrees to qualified students.

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Grayson College
Denison, Texas

Grayson College ranked #16 on this year’s Most Well Attended Culinary Arts Major in Texas list. Grayson College is a public institution located in Denison, Texas. The school has a small population, and it awarded 33 ’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Full Grayson College Culinary Arts Report

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Austin Community College District came in at #17 in this year’s edition of the Most Well Attended Culinary Arts Major in Texas ranking. Austin Community College District is a public institution located in Austin, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 17 ’s degrees in 2020-2021.

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Tyler Junior College came in at #17 in this year’s edition of the Most Well Attended Culinary Arts Major in Texas ranking. Tyler Junior College is located in Tyler, Texas and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 18 ’s culinary arts degrees to qualified students.

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Texas Woman’s University ranked #19 on this year’s Most Well Attended Culinary Arts Major in Texas list. This fairly large school is located in Denton, Texas, and it awarded 11 ’s culinary arts degrees in 2020-2021.

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Odessa College
Odessa, Texas

With a ranking of #19, Odessa College did quite well on the 2023 Most Well Attended Culinary Arts Major in Texas list. Located in Odessa, Texas, this medium-sized public school handed out 24 diplomas to qualified ’s culinary arts students in 2020-2021.

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With a ranking of #21, Alvin Community College did quite well on the 2023 Most Well Attended Culinary Arts Major in Texas list. Alvin Community College is a public institution located in Alvin, Texas. The school has a small population, and it awarded 20 ’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Full Alvin Culinary Arts Report

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The Art Institute of Austin did quite well in the 2023 Most Well Attended Culinary Arts Major in Texas ranking, coming in at #22. Located in Austin, Texas, this small private for-profit school awarded 6 degrees to qualified ’s culinary arts students in 2020-2021.

Read more about Culinary Arts at The Art Institute of Austin

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Kilgore College
Kilgore, Texas

Kilgore College came in at #22 in this year’s edition of the Most Well Attended Culinary Arts Major in Texas ranking. This medium-sized school is located in Kilgore, Texas, and it awarded 11 ’s culinary arts degrees in 2020-2021.

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Del Mar College
Corpus Christi, Texas

Del Mar College came in at #24 in this year’s edition of the Most Well Attended Culinary Arts Major in Texas ranking. Del Mar College is a public institution located in Corpus Christi, Texas. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 5 ’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Full DMC Culinary Arts Report

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Texarkana College
Texarkana, Texas

Texarkana College did quite well in the 2023 Most Well Attended Culinary Arts Major in Texas ranking, coming in at #25. Texarkana College is located in Texarkana, Texas and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 21 ’s culinary arts degrees to qualified students.

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