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2025 Best Culinary Arts/Chef Training Schools in New York

6 Colleges in New York
1,033 Culinary Arts/Chef Training Degrees Awarded
If you plan on majoring in culinary arts/chef training, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #168 in the country in terms of popularity. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 6 schools in New York to determine which ones were the best for culinary arts/chef training students pursuing a degree. Combined, these schools handed out 1,033 degrees in culinary arts/chef training to qualified students.

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Choosing a Great Culinary Arts/Chef Training School

Best Culinary Arts/Chef Training Schools in New York Your choice of culinary arts/chef training 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/chef training 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.

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Associate Degrees in Culinary Arts/Chef Training
Bachelor's Degrees in Culinary Arts/Chef Training

The culinary arts/chef training school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Culinary Arts/Chef Training Schools in New York. If you'd like to restrict your choices to just one part of the country, you can filter this list by location.

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Best Schools for Culinary Arts/Chef Training in New York

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/chef training degree levels they offer.

Top New York Schools in Culinary Arts/Chef Training

1
Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type
1st Most Popular In NY
387 Culinary Arts/Chef Training Degrees Awarded

It's hard to beat Culinary Institute of America if you wish to pursue a degree in culinary arts/chef training. Located in the suburb of Hyde Park, The Culinary Institute of America is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

There were about 387 culinary arts/chef training students who graduated with this degree at The Culinary Institute of America in the most recent data year.

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2
Associate Degree Highest Degree Type
4th Most Popular In NY
34 Culinary Arts/Chef Training Degrees Awarded

Any student who is interested in culinary arts/chef training has to look into Niagara County Community College. Niagara County Community College is a small public college located in the rural area of Sanborn. This college ranks 103rd out of 136 colleges for overall quality in the state of New York.

There were roughly 34 culinary arts/chef training students who graduated with this degree at Niagara County Community College in the most recent year we have data available.

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3
Associate Degree Highest Degree Type
5th Most Popular In NY

It's difficult to beat Suffolk County Community College if you wish to pursue a degree in culinary arts/chef training. Located in the large suburb of Selden, Suffolk County Community College is a public college with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #327 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Suffolk County Community College is a great college overall.

There were roughly 19 culinary arts/chef training students who graduated with this degree at Suffolk County Community College in the most recent data year.

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Monroe College crest
Monroe College
Bronx, NY
Associate Degree Highest Degree Type
3rd Most Popular In NY
6.9% Growth in Graduates

It's hard to beat Monroe College if you wish to pursue a degree in culinary arts/chef training. Located in the city of Bronx, Monroe College is a private for-profit college with a moderately-sized student population. A Best Colleges rank of #543 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Monroe College is a great college overall.

There were about 29 culinary arts/chef training students who graduated with this degree at Monroe College in the most recent year we have data available.

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5
Associate Degree Highest Degree Type
10th Most Popular In NY
50.0% Growth in Graduates

Located in the rural area of Alfred, Alfred State is a public college with a small student population. This college ranks 99th out of 136 schools for overall quality in the state of New York.

There were approximately 14 culinary arts/chef training students who graduated with this degree at Alfred State in the most recent year we have data available.

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6
Associate Degree Highest Degree Type
8th Most Popular In NY

Located in the city of Buffalo, Erie Community College is a public college with a medium-sized student population. This college ranks 104th out of 136 colleges for overall quality in the state of New York.

There were approximately 12 culinary arts/chef training students who graduated with this degree at Erie Community College in the most recent data year.

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Best Culinary Arts/Chef Training Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Best Culinary Arts/Chef Training Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State Colleges Degrees Awarded
Pennsylvania 978 137
Maryland 618 25
New Jersey 614 88
Delaware 345 21

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One of 11 majors within the Culinary Arts area of study, Culinary Arts/Chef Training has other similar majors worth exploring.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Baking & Pastry Arts/Baker/Pastry Chef 451
Restaurant, Culinary, & Catering Management/Manager 177
General Cooking & Related Culinary Arts 71
Culinary Science/Culinology 41
Other Culinary Arts & Related Services 34

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