Federal data
Highest earning certificate culinary arts and related services programs in the United States
U.S. culinary arts and related services programs, ranked by median earnings one year after completion, from the College Scorecard field-of-study file (September 18, 2026). Only programs with at least 30 counted graduates in the earnings sample are shown, and at least 5 programs must qualify for this list to exist.
| Rank | School | City | Sector | Median earnings, 1 year after | Graduates counted |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arizona Culinary Institute | Scottsdale | For-profit, under 2-year | $29,223 | 128 |
| 2 | Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus | Indiana | Public, 4-year | $29,155 | 84 |
| 3 | YTI Career Institute-York | York | For-profit, 2-year | $28,351 | 42 |
| 4 | Southwestern Oregon Community College | Coos Bay | Public, 2-year | $27,727 | 30 |
| 5 | Grand Rapids Community College | Grand Rapids | Public, 2-year | $27,630 | 30 |
| 6 | Auguste Escoffier School of Culinary Arts-Boulder | Boulder | For-profit, 2-year | $25,682 | 1,047 |
| 7 | Auguste Escoffier School of Culinary Arts-Austin | Austin | For-profit, 2-year | $24,873 | 45 |
| 8 | Lincoln Technical Institute | New Britain | For-profit, under 2-year | $24,128 | 140 |
| 9 | Lincoln College of Technology | Columbia | For-profit, 2-year | $24,128 | 140 |
| 10 | Institute of Culinary Education | New York | For-profit, under 2-year | $22,759 | 414 |
| 11 | Pinellas Technical College-Clearwater | Clearwater | Public, under 2-year | $21,965 | 30 |
| 12 | Miller-Motte College | Chattanooga | For-profit, 4-year | $21,827 | 115 |
| 13 | Institute of Technology | Clovis | For-profit, 2-year | $21,509 | 58 |
| 14 | Dorsey College | Madison Heights | For-profit, 2-year | $21,367 | 109 |
| 15 | Culinary Institute Inc | Houston | For-profit, 2-year | $21,239 | 47 |
| 16 | Texas State Technical College | Waco | Public, 2-year | $21,144 | 30 |
| 17 | Florida Education Institute | Miami | For-profit, 2-year | $20,531 | 73 |
| 18 | Helms College | Augusta | Private nonprofit, 2-year | $19,403 | 41 |
| 19 | Lake Land College | Mattoon | Public, 2-year | $14,366 | 32 |
| 20 | Crescent City Bartending School | New Orleans | For-profit, under 2-year | $13,763 | 40 |
| 21 | Academia Serrant Inc | Ponce | For-profit, under 2-year | $13,563 | 54 |
| 22 | ICPR Junior College | Arecibo | For-profit, 2-year | $12,730 | 60 |
Earnings cover federally aided graduates only, as published by College Scorecard.
How to read this. A smaller program can show a high or low figure from just a few graduates, and this earnings figure only ever covers students who received federal aid, so it does not describe every graduate.