Culinary Arts is about average in terms of popularity for bachelor's degrees programs. That is, it ranks #216 out of the 363 majors across the country that we analyze each year. So, you may have to do some digging around to find quality schools that offer the degree program. This list can help with that.
There was only one school in Rhode Island to review for the 2025 Best Culinary Arts Bachelor's Degree Schools in Rhode Island ranking. If you would like to see more options to choose from, check out the Best Bachelor's Degree Schools in the United States ranking..
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Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Culinary Arts in Rhode Island
Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in culinary arts.
Top Rhode Island Schools for a Bachelor's in Culinary Arts
It's difficult to beat Johnson & Wales University - Providence if you wish to pursue a bachelor's degree in culinary arts. JWU Providence is a small private not-for-profit university located in the city of Providence.
Soon after graduating, culinary arts bachelor's recipients generally make an average of $32,775 at the beginning of their careers.
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).