2025 Best Culinary Arts Schools in the Far Western US Region
9Colleges in the Far Western US Region
2,540Culinary Arts Degrees Awarded
$24,750Avg Early-Career Salary
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.
College Factual reviewed 9 schools in the Far Western US Region to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of culinary arts. Combined, these schools handed out 2,540 degrees in culinary arts to qualified students.
Your choice of culinary arts school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. 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.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
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 the Far Western US Region list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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Best Schools for Culinary Arts in the Far Western US Region
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.
Top Far Western US Region Schools in Culinary Arts
Southwestern Oregon Community College is a good choice for students interested in a degree in culinary arts. SWOCC is a small public college located in the town of Coos Bay. This college ranks 15th out of 29 colleges for overall quality in the state of Oregon.
There were roughly 37 culinary arts students who graduated with this degree at SWOCC in the most recent data year. Those culinary arts students who get their degree from Southwestern Oregon Community College earn $3,100 more than the typical culinary arts grad.
Clover Park Technical College is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in culinary arts. Located in the city of Lakewood, CPTC is a public college with a small student population. A Best Colleges rank of #596 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means CPTC is a great college overall.
There were approximately 31 culinary arts students who graduated with this degree at CPTC in the most recent data year.
Kapiolani Community College is a wonderful choice for students pursuing a degree in culinary arts. Located in the city of Honolulu, Kapiolani CC is a public college with a moderately-sized student population. This college ranks 5th out of 10 colleges for overall quality in the state of Hawaii.
There were about 86 culinary arts students who graduated with this degree at Kapiolani CC in the most recent year we have data available. Degree recipients from the culinary arts degree program at Kapiolani Community College make $2,132 more than the typical college grad with the same degree when they enter the workforce.
Riverside City College is a wonderful choice for students pursuing a degree in culinary arts. Riverside City College is a fairly large public college located in the large city of Riverside. A Best Colleges rank of #576 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Riverside City College is a great college overall.
There were roughly 62 culinary arts students who graduated with this degree at Riverside City College in the most recent data year.
Located in the midsize city of Spokane, Spokane Community College is a public college with a medium-sized student population. A Best Colleges rank of #1137 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Spokane Community College is a great college overall.
There were approximately 32 culinary arts students who graduated with this degree at Spokane Community College in the most recent year we have data available. After graduation, culinary arts degree recipients typically earn about $23,529 at the beginning of their careers.
Located in the large city of Las Vegas, CSN is a public college with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #500 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means CSN is a great college overall.
There were roughly 63 culinary arts students who graduated with this degree at CSN in the most recent year we have data available. Soon after graduation, culinary arts degree recipients generally earn an average of $22,428 in the first five years of their career.
Located in the city of Los Angeles, Los Angeles Trade Technical College is a public college with a large student population. This college ranks 140th out of 161 colleges for overall quality in the state of California.
There were about 145 culinary arts students who graduated with this degree at Los Angeles Trade Technical College in the most recent year we have data available.
Leeward CC is a moderately-sized public college located in the suburb of Pearl City. This college ranks 6th out of 10 schools for overall quality in the state of Hawaii.
There were approximately 40 culinary arts students who graduated with this degree at Leeward CC 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).
Your choice of culinary arts school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. 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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