If you plan on majoring in culinary arts, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #97 in the country in terms of popularity. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.
College Factual looked at 7 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best Culinary Arts Schools in Michigan ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 413 degrees in culinary arts during the 2020-2021 academic year.
Your choice of culinary arts school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for culinary arts schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Culinary Arts Schools in Michigan ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the culinary arts degree levels they offer.
Grand Rapids Community College is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in culinary arts. Located in the medium-sized city of Grand Rapids, Grand Rapids Community College is a public college with a large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #958 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Grand Rapids Community College is a great college overall.
There were approximately 66 culinary arts students who graduated with this degree at Grand Rapids Community College in the most recent data year. Soon after graduating, culinary arts degree recipients typically make an average of $26,568 in their early careers.
It is hard to beat Baker College if you wish to pursue a degree in culinary arts. Baker College is a small private not-for-profit college located in the town of Owosso. This college ranks 44th out of 57 schools for overall quality in the state of Michigan.
There were approximately 42 culinary arts students who graduated with this degree at Baker College in the most recent year we have data available. Degree recipients from the culinary arts program at Baker College make $3,395 above the average college grad with the same degree shortly after graduation.
Every student pursuing a degree in culinary arts needs to check out Schoolcraft College. Schoolcraft College is a moderately-sized public college located in the small city of Livonia. This college ranks 37th out of 57 colleges for overall quality in the state of Michigan.
There were roughly 56 culinary arts students who graduated with this degree at Schoolcraft College in the most recent data year. Degree recipients from the culinary arts major at Schoolcraft College make $3,697 above the typical college graduate with the same degree when they enter the workforce.
Every student who is interested in culinary arts has to look into Macomb Community College. Macomb Community College is a fairly large public college located in the midsize city of Warren. A Best Colleges rank of #377 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Macomb Community College is a great college overall.
There were approximately 37 culinary arts students who graduated with this degree at Macomb Community College in the most recent data year. Students who graduate with their degree from the culinary arts program state that they receive average early career wages of $19,566.
Kalamazoo Valley Community College is a moderately-sized public college located in the midsize suburb of Kalamazoo. This college ranks 39th out of 57 schools for overall quality in the state of Michigan.
There were approximately 27 culinary arts students who graduated with this degree at Kalamazoo Valley Community College in the most recent year we have data available. Students who graduate with their degree from the culinary arts program report average early career income of $25,539.
NMC is a small public college located in the town of Traverse City. This college ranks 45th out of 57 schools for overall quality in the state of Michigan.
There were roughly 20 culinary arts students who graduated with this degree at NMC in the most recent data year. Students who receive their degree from the culinary arts program earn about $26,743 in their early career salary.
Located in the large suburb of Auburn Hills, Oakland Community College is a public college with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #1128 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Oakland Community College is a great college overall.
There were roughly 20 culinary arts students who graduated with this degree at Oakland Community College in the most recent year we have data available. Those culinary arts students who get their degree from Oakland Community College earn $2,970 more than the average culinary arts student.
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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Your choice of culinary arts school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for culinary arts schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
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