2027 Best Culinary Arts Schools in Minnesota
Culinary Arts is a field worth a close look when choosing where to study. While the number of schools offering the program varies, there are still top-quality ones to be found.
College Factual analyzed 2 schools to build this 2027 ranking of the best culinary arts schools.
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Best Schools for Culinary Arts in Minnesota
If you are not 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.
Top Schools in Culinary Arts
Hennepin Technical College tops our 2027 ranking of the best culinary arts schools. Hennepin Technical College is a moderately-sized public school located in the suburb of Brooklyn Park. Hennepin Technical College awarded about 57 culinary arts degrees in the most recent data year. Students who receive their culinary arts degree from Hennepin Technical College earn around $52,059 in the first couple years of their career. Students borrow a median of $17,887 to complete this degree.
See the full culinary arts program report for Hennepin Technical College
A rank of #2 makes Saint Paul College A Community And Technical College one of the top schools for culinary arts. This moderately-sized public university is located in the city of Saint Paul. There were roughly 40 culinary arts students who graduated with this degree at Saint Paul College A Community And Technical College in the most recent data year. Students who receive their culinary arts degree from Saint Paul College A Community And Technical College earn around $32,478 in the first couple years of their career. Saint Paul College A Community And Technical College graduates carry a median of $17,500 in student loans.
See the full culinary arts program report for Saint Paul College A Community And Technical College
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Notes and References
This list is compiled by College Factual (MF_RANKING_2025), 2027 edition. The methodology weighs graduation rate, post-graduation earnings, cost, and program quality, drawn primarily from the U.S. Department of Education (IPEDS and College Scorecard).
Ranking method: College Major Top Ranked · 2 schools evaluated.
- 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 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).
More about our data sources and methodologies.
