General Cooking & Related Culinary Arts

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Total Degrees​
Awarded in 2021
3,156
declining 16.1%
Median In-State​
Public Tuition
$3,680
growing 7.6%
Median Out-of-State​
Private Tuition
$20,800
growing 17.8%
Average Wage
$56,478
growing 6.63%
People in Workforce
52,499
declining 1.24%
Average Employee Age
38.7
growing 1.36%

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In 2021, the locations with the highest concentration of General Cooking & Related Culinary Arts degree recipients are Bayamón, PR, Raymond, MS, and Los Angeles, CA. In 2021, the locations with a relatively high number of General Cooking & Related Culinary Arts degree recipients are Shelton, CT, West Miami, FL, and Roseville, MI. The most common degree awarded to students studying General Cooking & Related Culinary Arts is a 1 to 2 year postsecondary certificate.

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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 Dorsey College-Roseville (455558) 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, $3,680 for in-state public colleges, and $20,800 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 (103 total). The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded, is Public, 2-year (1,607 completions).

Institutions

Institution with the Most Degrees Awarded in General Cooking & Related Culinary Arts

The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded in General Cooking & Related Culinary Arts, is Public, 2-year (1,607 completions in 2021).

The following chart shows the share of universities that offer General Cooking & Related Culinary Arts programs, by the total number of completions, colored and grouped by their sector.

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Tuition Costs for Common Institutions

$3,680
Median In-State Public
$20,800
Median Out of State Private

NUC University has the most General Cooking & Related Culinary Arts degree recipients, with 500 degrees awarded in 2021.

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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

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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Growth in Awarded Degrees

Counties with the Fastest Growing Number of Degrees Awarded

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

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Information on the businesses and industries that employ Personal & Culinary Services graduates and on wages and locations for those in the field.

The average salary for Personal & Culinary Services majors is $56,478 and the most common occupations are Chefs & head cooks, Cooks, and Morticians, undertakers, & funeral directors.

The industry that employs the most Personal & Culinary Services majors is Restaurants & Food Services, though the highest paying industry, by average wage, is Offices of physicians.

Yearly Income for Common Jobs

The closest comparable data for the 6 Digit Course General Cooking & Related Culinary Arts is from the 2 Digit Course Personal & Culinary Services.
$56,478
Average Wage in Workforce
± $6,641
6.63%
1 Year Growth
± 15.1%

The average salary for Personal & Culinary Services majors is $56,478 and the most common occupations are Chefs & head cooks, Cooks, and Morticians, undertakers, & funeral directors.

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Highest Paying Locations

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

This map shows the public use micro areas (PUMAs) in the United States colored by the average salary of Personal & Culinary Services majors.

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Most Common

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The most common occupations Personal & Culinary Services majors, by number of employees, are Chefs & head cooks, Cooks, and Morticians, undertakers, & funeral directors.

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Most Specialized

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Compared to other majors, there are an unusually high number of Personal & Culinary Services majors working as Morticians, undertakers, & funeral directors, Chefs & head cooks, and Embalmers & funeral attendants.

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Highest Paid

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Occupations by Share

The closest comparable data for the 6 Digit Course General Cooking & Related Culinary Arts is from the 2 Digit Course Personal & Culinary Services.
52,499
2021 Workforce
± 5,624
1.24%
1 Year Growth
± 15.3%

The number of Personal & Culinary Services graduates in the workforce has been declining at a rate of 1.24%, from 53,156 in 2020 to 52,499 in 2021.

The largest single share of Personal & Culinary Services graduates go on to work as Chefs & head cooks (16.9%). This chart shows the various jobs filled by those with a major in Personal & Culinary Services by share of the total number of graduates.

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Most Common

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 industries that employ Personal & Culinary Services majors, by number of employees, are Restaurants & Food Services, Funeral homes, & cemeteries & crematories , and Traveler accommodation.

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Highest Paid

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Industries by Share

The closest comparable data for the 6 Digit Course General Cooking & Related Culinary Arts is from the 2 Digit Course Personal & Culinary Services.
52,499
2021 Workforce
± 5,624
1.24%
1 Year Growth
± 15.3%

The number of Personal & Culinary Services graduates in the workforce has been growing at a rate of 1.24%, from 53,156 in 2020 to 52,499 in 2021.

The industry which employs the most Personal & Culinary Services graduates by share is Restaurants & Food Services, followed by Funeral homes, & cemeteries & crematories . This visualization shows the industries that hire those who major in Personal & Culinary Services.

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Specialty Locations

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

This map shows the public use micro areas (PUMAs) in the United States where there are a relatively high population of Personal & Culinary Services majors.

Note that the census collects information tied to where people live, not where they work. It is possible that Personal & Culinary Services majors live and work in the same place, but it is also possible that they live and work in two different places.

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

The average age of a person in the workforce with a degree in Personal & Culinary Services is 38.7.

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 (1,269 students).

Workforce Age

The closest comparable data for the 6 Digit Course General Cooking & Related Culinary Arts is from the 2 Digit Course Personal & Culinary Services.
38.7
Average Age in 2021
± 1.24 Years
1.36%
1 Year Change
± 4.49%

This chart shows distribution of ages for employees with a degree in Personal & Culinary Services. The most common ages of employees with this major are 32 and 30 years old, which represent 4.66% and 4.48% of the population, respectively.

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Degrees Awarded

The most common degree types awarded to students graduating in General Cooking & Related Culinary Arts are 1 to 2 Year Postsecondary Certificate, Associates Degree, and Bachelors 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 (58%)
Most Common Sex with a Degree in this Field

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Race & Ethnicity by Degrees Awarded

Most Common Race or Ethnicity
  1. Hispanic or Latino
    1,269 degrees awarded
  2. White
    783 degrees awarded
  3. Black or African American
    500 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
    1,571 degree recipients
  2. Philippines
    746 degree recipients
  3. Cuba
    413 degree recipients
High Relative Number of Students
  1. France
    7.54 times more than expected
  2. Thailand
    3.95 times more than expected
  3. Italy
    3.45 times more than expected

There are a relatively high number of people that were born in France that hold Personal & Culinary Services degrees (7.54 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 (1,571 degree recipients).

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predictive-analysisSkills

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 Monitoring. The revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that General Cooking & Related Culinary Arts majors need more than the average amount of Operation and Control, Operation Monitoring, Quality Control Analysis, Troubleshooting, Management of Material Resources, Equipment Selection, Management of Financial Resources, Management of Personnel Resources, Service Orientation, Mathematics, Technology Design, Coordination, Equipment Maintenance, Time Management, Persuasion, Social Perceptiveness, Monitoring, Judgment and Decision Making, Complex Problem Solving, Negotiation, Critical Thinking, Systems Evaluation, Systems Analysis, Active Learning, Operations Analysis, Active Listening, Learning Strategies, Speaking, Instructing, Reading Comprehension, Writing, Science, Installation, Programming, and Repairing.

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 Operation and Control is very distinctive for majors, but the Monitoring, Coordination, Service Orientation, Active Listening, Time Management, Management of Personnel Resources, Speaking, Judgment and Decision Making, Critical Thinking, Complex Problem Solving, Reading Comprehension, Active Learning, Social Perceptiveness, Mathematics, Quality Control Analysis, Learning Strategies, Instructing, Operation Monitoring, Writing, Management of Material Resources, Persuasion, Operation and Control, Systems Evaluation, Negotiation, Systems Analysis, Management of Financial Resources, Operations Analysis, Troubleshooting, Technology Design, Equipment Selection, Equipment Maintenance, Science, Installation, Programming, and Repairing are the three most important skills for people in the field.

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