2025 Best Culinary Arts Associate Degree Schools in Louisiana

If you pursue a associate degree in culinary arts, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #23 most popular program in the country. So, there are lots of possibilities to explore when you're trying to determine where you want to get your degree.

In 2025, College Factual analyzed 2 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Culinary Arts Associate Degree Schools in Louisiana ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 98 associate degrees in culinary arts during the 2022-2023 academic year.

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Average Early-Career Salaries

To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving their associate degree from the school. After all, your associate degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to culinary arts students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of culinary arts students who choose to seek a associate degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Student Debt - How much debt culinary arts students go into to obtain their associate degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized culinary arts related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for culinary arts students working on their associate degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Culinary Arts Associate Degree Schools in Louisiana list to help you make the college decision.

Best Schools for Associate Students to Study Culinary Arts in Louisiana

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing an associate degree in culinary arts.

Top Louisiana Schools for an Associate in Culinary Arts

1

Delgado Community College
New Orleans, LA

15 Annual Graduates

It is difficult to beat Delgado Community College if you want to pursue an associate degree in culinary arts. Delgado Community College is a large public college located in the city of New Orleans.More information about a associate in culinary arts from Delgado Community College

2

Nicholls State University
Thibodaux, LA

14 Annual Graduates

Nicholls State University is a wonderful decision for individuals interested in an associate degree in culinary arts. Nicholls State University is a moderately-sized public university located in the city of Thibodaux.More information about a associate in culinary arts from Nicholls State University

Best Culinary Arts Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Culinary Arts Schools in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Mississippi	143	89
Georgia	121	184
Florida	121	294
North Carolina	120	401
Arkansas	105	53
Tennessee	102	36
Virginia	97	250
West Virginia	92	33
Kentucky	90	109
South Carolina	77	85
Alabama	69	63

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Culinary Arts Related Rankings by Major

Culinary Arts is one of 4 different types of Personal & Culinary Services programs to choose from.

Culinary Arts Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
Culinary Arts/Chef Training	98

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Funeral & Mortuary Science	26

Notes and References

• 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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to U.S. Army Europe Images. More about our data sources and methodologies.