Federal data

Largest culinary arts programs in Illinois

Illinois culinary arts programs, ranked by awards conferred in 2024, the latest IPEDS completions year on file. At least 5 schools must offer the program for this list to exist.

RankSchoolCitySectorAwards conferred
1Lake Land CollegeMattoonPublic, 2-year178
2National Louis UniversityChicagoPrivate nonprofit, 4-year84
3City Colleges of Chicago-Kennedy-King CollegeChicagoPublic, 2-year80
4Joliet Junior CollegeJolietPublic, 2-year36
5College of Lake CountyGrayslakePublic, 2-year33
6Elgin Community CollegeElginPublic, 2-year29
7Kaskaskia CollegeCentraliaPublic, 2-year24
8Richland Community CollegeDecaturPublic, 2-year22
9College of DuPageGlen EllynPublic, 2-year20
10Triton CollegeRiver GrovePublic, 2-year16
11Rend Lake CollegeInaPublic, 2-year15
12Danville Area Community CollegeDanvillePublic, 2-year5
13Southwestern Illinois CollegeBellevillePublic, 2-year3
14St. Augustine CollegeChicagoPrivate nonprofit, 4-year2
15William Rainey Harper CollegePalatinePublic, 2-year2

Completions counts total awards conferred, summed across every credential level, from IPEDS.

How to read this. A larger school naturally confers more awards in a common program; this counts total completions, not selectivity. A campus that is part of one multi-campus system is shown as a single row when more than two of its campuses would otherwise appear.