A degree in culinary arts is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #97 out of 395 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.
College Factual looked at 3 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best Culinary Arts Schools in California ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 1,378 degrees in culinary arts to qualified students.
The culinary arts program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Culinary Arts rankings. For our Best Overall Culinary Arts School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
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 Best Culinary Arts Schools in California list to help you make the college decision.
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If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the culinary arts degrees they offer, see the list below.
Cerritos College is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in culinary arts. Cerritos College is a large public college located in the large suburb of Norwalk. A Best Colleges rank of #375 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Cerritos College is a great college overall.
There were roughly 79 culinary arts students who graduated with this degree at Cerritos College in the most recent data year.
Any student who is interested in culinary arts has to take a look at Riverside City College. Located in the city of Riverside, Riverside City College is a public college with a fairly large student population. This college ranks 81st out of 168 schools for overall quality in the state of California.
There were approximately 52 culinary arts students who graduated with this degree at Riverside City College in the most recent year we have data available.
Los Angeles Trade Technical College is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in culinary arts. Los Angeles Trade Technical College is a large public college located in the city of Los Angeles. This college ranks 136th out of 168 colleges for overall quality in the state of California.
There were about 47 culinary arts students who graduated with this degree at Los Angeles Trade Technical College in the most recent data year. Students who receive their degree from the culinary arts program earn about $19,339 in their early career salary.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
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The culinary arts program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Culinary Arts rankings. For our Best Overall Culinary Arts School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
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