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2024 Best Culinary Arts Associate Degree Schools in Florida

6 Colleges in Florida
294 Associate Degrees
$25,139 Avg Early-Career Salary
Culinary Arts is of the hottest associate degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #23 most popular major in the country. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.

College Factual looked at 6 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best Culinary Arts Associate Degree Schools in Florida ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 294 associate degrees in culinary arts during the 2020-2021 academic year.

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Choosing a Great Culinary Arts School for Your Associate Degree

Best Culinary Arts Associate Degree Schools in Florida The culinary arts associate degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. When choosing a school we recommend considering some of the following factors:

Quality Overall Is Important

The overall quality of a associate degree school is important to ensure a quality education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.

Average Earnings

One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of associate graduates during the early years of their career. This is because one of the main reasons people pursue their associate degree is to enable themselves to find better-paying positions.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for culinary arts students working on their associate degree.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Culinary Arts Associate Degree Schools in Florida ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.


 

Best Schools for Associate Students to Study Culinary Arts in Florida

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing an associate degree in culinary arts.

Top Florida Schools for an Associate in Culinary Arts

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Valencia College
Orlando, FL
55 Annual Graduates
$24,166 Median Starting Salary
$17,468 Median Student Debt

Any student who is interested in an associate degree in culinary arts has to check out Valencia College. Located in the city of Orlando, Valencia College is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Students who graduate with their associate from the culinary arts program state that they receive average early career income of $24,166.

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Any student pursuing a degree in an associate degree in culinary arts needs to check out Miami Dade College. Located in the large city of Miami, MDC is a public college with a very large student population.

Associate recipients from the culinary arts program at Miami Dade College make $2,978 above the standard college graduate with the same degree shortly after graduation.

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58 Annual Graduates
$25,910 Median Starting Salary
$20,000 Median Student Debt

Any student pursuing a degree in an associate degree in culinary arts has to look into Keiser University - Ft Lauderdale. Keiser University - Ft Lauderdale is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the medium-sized city of Fort Lauderdale.

Soon after graduation, culinary arts associate recipients typically make around $25,910 at the beginning of their careers.

More information about a associate in culinary arts from Keiser University - Ft Lauderdale

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13 Annual Graduates
$25,698 Median Starting Salary
$20,334 Median Student Debt

Any student pursuing a degree in an associate degree in culinary arts has to look into AI Miami International University of Art and Design. Located in the large city of Miami, International Fine Arts College is a private for-profit university with a fairly small student population.

After graduation, culinary arts associate recipients generally make around $25,698 in the first five years of their career.

More information about a associate in culinary arts from AI Miami International University of Art and Design

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Daytona State College
Daytona Beach, FL
11 Annual Graduates
$12,557 Median Student Debt

Located in the city of Daytona Beach, Daytona State College is a public college with a fairly large student population.More information about a associate in culinary arts from Daytona State College

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11 Annual Graduates

Pensacola State is a medium-sized public college located in the city of Pensacola.More information about a associate in culinary arts from Pensacola State College

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2 Annual Graduates

Indian River State College is a large public college located in the large suburb of Fort Pierce.More information about a associate in culinary arts from Indian River State College

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2 Annual Graduates

Located in the city of Melbourne, EFSC is a public college with a large student population.More information about a associate in culinary arts from Eastern Florida State College

Best Culinary Arts Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Culinary Arts Colleges in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State Colleges Degrees Awarded
Mississippi 143 89
Georgia 121 184
North Carolina 120 401
Arkansas 105 53
Tennessee 102 36
Virginia 97 250
West Virginia 92 33
Kentucky 90 109
Louisiana 80 90
South Carolina 77 85
Alabama 69 63

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Culinary Arts is one of 4 different types of Personal & Culinary Services programs to choose from.

Culinary Arts Concentrations

Major Annual Graduates
Restaurant, Culinary, & Catering Management/Manager 198
Baking & Pastry Arts/Baker/Pastry Chef 47
General Cooking & Related Culinary Arts 41
Culinary Arts/Chef Training 8

Related Major Annual Graduates
Funeral & Mortuary Science 73

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