Culinary Arts is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #97 most popular degree program in the country. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.
For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in Iowa to determine which ones were the best for culinary arts students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 200 degrees in culinary arts during the 2020-2021 academic year.
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 Iowa ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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The schools below may not offer all types of culinary arts degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
Any student pursuing a degree in culinary arts has to take a look at Des Moines Area Community College. Located in the large suburb of Ankeny, DMACC is a public college with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #501 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means DMACC is a great college overall.
There were roughly 56 culinary arts students who graduated with this degree at DMACC in the most recent year we have data available. Culinary Arts degree recipients from Des Moines Area Community College receive an earnings boost of around $5,081 above the typical income of culinary arts graduates.
It's difficult to beat Kirkwood Community College if you wish to pursue a degree in culinary arts. Located in the city of Cedar Rapids, Kirkwood Community College is a public college with a fairly large student population. This college ranks 28th out of 40 schools for overall quality in the state of Iowa.
There were approximately 44 culinary arts students who graduated with this degree at Kirkwood Community College in the most recent year we have data available. Soon after graduating, culinary arts degree recipients generally make around $26,926 in the first five years of their career.
Western Iowa Tech Community College is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in culinary arts. Located in the city of Sioux City, Western Iowa Tech Community College is a public college with a medium-sized student population. This college ranks 27th out of 40 colleges for overall quality in the state of Iowa.
There were approximately 54 culinary arts students who graduated with this degree at Western Iowa Tech Community College in the most recent year we have data available. Soon after graduating, culinary arts degree recipients usually make about $19,772 in their early 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).
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