If you plan on majoring in culinary arts, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #97 in the country in terms of popularity. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 4 schools in Wisconsin to determine which ones were the best for culinary arts students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 299 degrees in culinary arts annually.
The culinary arts program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Culinary Arts rankings. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for culinary arts schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Culinary Arts Schools in Wisconsin list, to help you choose the best school for you.
You can also filter this list by location to find schools closer to you.
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Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the culinary arts degree levels they offer.
Any student who is interested in culinary arts needs to take a look at Madison Area Technical College. Located in the city of Madison, Madison College is a public college with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #223 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Madison College is a great college overall.
There were roughly 44 culinary arts students who graduated with this degree at Madison College in the most recent data year.
It's difficult to beat Milwaukee Area Technical College if you wish to pursue a degree in culinary arts. MATC is a large public college located in the city of Milwaukee. This college ranks 14th out of 46 schools for overall quality in the state of Wisconsin.
There were approximately 28 culinary arts students who graduated with this degree at MATC in the most recent data year. Students who graduate with their degree from the culinary arts program report average early career earnings of $25,304.
Fox Valley Technical College is a great choice for students pursuing a degree in culinary arts. FVTC is a large public college located in the midsize suburb of Appleton. A Best Colleges rank of #387 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means FVTC is a great college overall.
There were approximately 47 culinary arts students who graduated with this degree at FVTC in the most recent year we have data available. Culinary Arts degree recipients from Fox Valley Technical College earn a boost of approximately $9,986 over the typical earnings of culinary arts majors.
Waukesha County Technical College is a great option for students pursuing a degree in culinary arts. WCTC is a moderately-sized public college located in the suburb of Pewaukee. This college ranks 27th out of 46 schools for overall quality in the state of Wisconsin.
There were about 33 culinary arts students who graduated with this degree at WCTC in the most recent data year.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
The culinary arts program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Culinary Arts rankings. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for culinary arts schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
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