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.
In 2024, College Factual analyzed 2 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Culinary Arts Schools in South Carolina ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 215 degrees in culinary arts during the 2020-2021 academic year.
The culinary arts school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Culinary Arts Schools in South Carolina.
You can also filter this list by location to find schools closer to you.
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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.
Horry-Georgetown Technical College is a good option for students pursuing a degree in culinary arts. Located in the city of Conway, Horry-Georgetown Technical College is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.
Soon after graduating, culinary arts degree recipients typically earn an average of $19,994 in their early careers.
It is difficult to beat Greenville Technical College if you wish to pursue a degree in culinary arts. Located in the city of Greenville, GTC is a public college with a fairly large student population.
Soon after graduating, culinary arts degree recipients usually make around $19,111 at the beginning of their careers.
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).