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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.
| Rank | School | City | Sector | Awards conferred |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lake Land College | Mattoon | Public, 2-year | 178 |
| 2 | National Louis University | Chicago | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 84 |
| 3 | City Colleges of Chicago-Kennedy-King College | Chicago | Public, 2-year | 80 |
| 4 | Joliet Junior College | Joliet | Public, 2-year | 36 |
| 5 | College of Lake County | Grayslake | Public, 2-year | 33 |
| 6 | Elgin Community College | Elgin | Public, 2-year | 29 |
| 7 | Kaskaskia College | Centralia | Public, 2-year | 24 |
| 8 | Richland Community College | Decatur | Public, 2-year | 22 |
| 9 | College of DuPage | Glen Ellyn | Public, 2-year | 20 |
| 10 | Triton College | River Grove | Public, 2-year | 16 |
| 11 | Rend Lake College | Ina | Public, 2-year | 15 |
| 12 | Danville Area Community College | Danville | Public, 2-year | 5 |
| 13 | Southwestern Illinois College | Belleville | Public, 2-year | 3 |
| 14 | St. Augustine College | Chicago | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 2 |
| 15 | William Rainey Harper College | Palatine | Public, 2-year | 2 |
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.
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