2025 Best Culinary Arts/Chef Training Schools in the Southwest Region
8Colleges in the Southwest Region
1,215Culinary Arts/Chef Training Degrees Awarded
Culinary Arts/Chef Training is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #168 most popular degree program in the country. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.
College Factual reviewed 8 schools in the Southwest Region to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of culinary arts/chef training. Combined, these schools handed out 1,215 degrees in culinary arts/chef training to qualified students.
Choosing a Great Culinary Arts/Chef Training School
Your choice of culinary arts/chef training school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall Culinary Arts/Chef Training School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
Pick Your Culinary Arts/Chef Training Degree Level
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Culinary Arts/Chef Training Schools in the Southwest Region ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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Best Schools for Culinary Arts/Chef Training in the Southwest Region
The schools below may not offer all types of culinary arts/chef training degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
Top Southwest Region Schools in Culinary Arts/Chef Training
El Centro College is a good option for students pursuing a degree in culinary arts/chef training. El Centro College is a fairly large public college located in the city of Dallas. A Best Colleges rank of #281 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means El Centro College is a great college overall.
There were approximately 76 culinary arts/chef training students who graduated with this degree at El Centro College in the most recent data year.
Every student who is interested in culinary arts/chef training has to look into Lee College. Located in the city of Baytown, Lee College is a public college with a medium-sized student population. This college ranks 27th out of 115 schools for overall quality in the state of Texas.
There were roughly 68 culinary arts/chef training students who graduated with this degree at Lee College in the most recent year we have data available.
It's hard to beat Houston Community College if you wish to pursue a degree in culinary arts/chef training. Located in the large city of Houston, Houston Community College is a public college with a fairly large student population. This college ranks 17th out of 115 colleges for overall quality in the state of Texas.
There were roughly 40 culinary arts/chef training students who graduated with this degree at Houston Community College in the most recent year we have data available.
Oklahoma State University Institute of Technology is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in culinary arts/chef training. Located in the town of Okmulgee, OSU Institute of Technology is a public university with a small student population. This university ranks 7th out of 31 schools for overall quality in the state of Oklahoma.
There were approximately 21 culinary arts/chef training students who graduated with this degree at OSU Institute of Technology in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the city of Albuquerque, CNM is a public college with a large student population. This college ranks 2nd out of 24 schools for overall quality in the state of New Mexico.
There were approximately 23 culinary arts/chef training students who graduated with this degree at CNM in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the city of Waco, TSTC is a public college with a large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #156 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means TSTC is a great college overall.
There were approximately 38 culinary arts/chef training students who graduated with this degree at TSTC in the most recent year we have data available.
Tarrant County College is a very large public college located in the city of Fort Worth. A Best Colleges rank of #272 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Tarrant County College is a great college overall.
There were about 45 culinary arts/chef training students who graduated with this degree at Tarrant County College in the most recent data year.
Located in the city of Austin, Escoffier - Austin is a private for-profit school with a fairly small student population.
There were about 172 culinary arts/chef training students who graduated with this degree at Escoffier - Austin in the most recent year we have data available.
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/chef training school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall Culinary Arts/Chef Training School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
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