General Cooking & Related Culinary Arts

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Total Degrees​
Awarded in 2022
3,303
growing 4.66%
Median In-State​
Public Tuition
$3,754
growing 2.01%
Median Out-of-State​
Private Tuition
$32,012
growing 53.9%

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In 2022, the locations with the highest concentration of General Cooking & Related Culinary Arts degree recipients are Bayamón, PR, Los Angeles, CA, and Oklahoma City, OK. In 2022, the locations with a relatively high number of General Cooking & Related Culinary Arts degree recipients are Roseville, MI, Shelton, CT, and Puhi, HI. The most common degree awarded to students studying General Cooking & Related Culinary Arts is a 1 to 2 year postsecondary certificate.

Institutions

Information about the types of higher education institutions that grant degrees in General Cooking & Related Culinary Arts and the types of students that study this field. NUC University awards the most degrees in General Cooking & Related Culinary Arts in the US, but Culinary Tech Center (486390) and Culinary Institute Inc have the highest percentage of degrees awarded in General Cooking & Related Culinary Arts.

Tuition costs for General Cooking & Related Culinary Arts majors are, on average, $3,754 for in-state public colleges, and $32,012 for out of state private colleges.

The most common sector, by number of institutions, that offers General Cooking & Related Culinary Arts programs are Public, 2-year institutions (105 total). The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded, is Public, 2-year (1,939 completions).

Institutions

Institution with the Most Degrees Awarded in General Cooking & Related Culinary Arts (2022)
  1. 374 degrees awarded
  2. 140 degrees awarded
  3. 132 degrees awarded

The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded in General Cooking & Related Culinary Arts, is Public, 2-year (1,939 completions in 2022).

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Tuition Costs for Common Institutions

$3,754
Median In-State Public
$32,012
Median Out of State Private

NUC University has the most General Cooking & Related Culinary Arts degree recipients, with 374 degrees awarded in 2022.

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Specialized Colleges

Out of all institutions that offer General Cooking & Related Culinary Arts programs and have at least 5 graduates in those programs, Culinary Tech Center (486390) has the highest percentage of degrees awarded in General Cooking & Related Culinary Arts, with 100%.

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Degrees Awarded by County

Counties with the Most Degrees Awarded in General Cooking & Related Culinary Arts
  1. 411 degrees awarded
  2. 374 degrees awarded
  3. 199 degrees awarded

This map shows the counties in the United States colored by the highest number of degrees awarded in General Cooking & Related Culinary Arts by year.

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Diversity

Demographic information for those who earn a degree in Personal & Culinary Services in the United States.

The most common degree type these workers hold is a 1 to 2 Year Postsecondary Certificate. Female employees are more likely to hold Personal & Culinary Services degrees, and Hispanic or Latino students are the most common race/ethnicty group awarded degrees in Personal & Culinary Services (1,203 students).

Degrees Awarded

The most common degree types awarded to students graduating in General Cooking & Related Culinary Arts are 1 to 2 Year Postsecondary Certificate, Certificate of at least 1 but less than 2 academic years, and Associates Degree.

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Workforce Degrees

The closest comparable data for the 6 Digit Course General Cooking & Related Culinary Arts is from the 2 Digit Course Personal & Culinary Services.

The most common degree types held by the working population in Personal & Culinary Services are Bachelors Degree, Masters Degree, and Professional degree.

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Sex Imbalance for Common Institutions

Female (56.9%)
Most Common Sex with a Degree in this Field

This chart shows the granted degrees by sex at the 5 institutions that graduate the most students in General Cooking & Related Culinary Arts.

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Race & Ethnicity by Degrees Awarded

Most Common Race or Ethnicity
  1. Hispanic or Latino
    1,203 degrees awarded
  2. White
    892 degrees awarded
  3. Black or African American
    541 degrees awarded

This chart shows the number of degrees awarded in General Cooking & Related Culinary Arts for each race & ethnicity. Hispanic or Latino students earned the largest share of the degrees with this major.

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Race & Ethnicity by Sex

This chart illustrates the differences by sex for each race & ethnicity of 1 to 2 Year Postsecondary Certificate recipients in General Cooking & Related Culinary Arts.

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Global Diversity

The closest comparable data for the 6 Digit Course General Cooking & Related Culinary Arts is from the 2 Digit Course Personal & Culinary Services.
Most Common Countries of Origin
  1. Mexico
    2,026 degree recipients
  2. Philippines
    582 degree recipients
  3. Cuba
    578 degree recipients
High Relative Number of Students
  1. France
    6.79 times more than expected
  2. Venezuela
    3.3 times more than expected
  3. Cuba
    2.25 times more than expected

There are a relatively high number of people that were born in France that hold Personal & Culinary Services degrees (6.79 times more than expected), and the most common country of origin by total numbers for non-US students earning a degree in this field is Mexico (2,026 degree recipients).

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Skills

Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for those working in the General Cooking & Related Culinary Arts field from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. General Cooking & Related Culinary Arts majors need many skills, but most especially Coordination. The revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that General Cooking & Related Culinary Arts majors need more than the average amount of Equipment Maintenance, Repairing, and Equipment Selection.

These two visualizations, one a radial chart and one a bar chart, show the same information, a rating of how necessary the following skills are for General Cooking & Related Culinary Arts majors. Toggle between "value" and "RCA" to see the absolute rating of that skill (value) and the revealed comparative advantage (RCA), or how much greater or lesser that skill's rating is than the average. The longer the bar or the closer the line comes to the circumference of the circle, the more important that skill is. The importance of Equipment Maintenance is very distinctive for majors, but the Coordination, Monitoring, and Speaking are the three most important skills for people in the field.

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