2025 Best Culinary Arts/Chef Training Schools in the Plains States Region
7Colleges in the Plains States Region
362Culinary Arts/Chef Training Degrees Awarded
A degree in culinary arts/chef training is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #168 out of 1506 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.
College Factual looked at 7 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Culinary Arts/Chef Training Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 362 degrees in culinary arts/chef training annually.
Choosing a Great Culinary Arts/Chef Training School
The culinary arts/chef training program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Culinary Arts/Chef Training rankings. For our Best Overall Culinary Arts/Chef Training School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that 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.
Culinary Arts/Chef Training Rankings by Degree Level
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 the Plains States Region.
You can also filter this list by location to find schools closer to you.
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Best Schools for Culinary Arts/Chef Training in the Plains States Region
If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the culinary arts/chef training degrees they offer, see the list below.
Top Plains States Region Schools in Culinary Arts/Chef Training
Saint Paul College is a great choice for students interested in a degree in culinary arts/chef training. Located in the large city of Saint Paul, Saint Paul College is a public college with a medium-sized student population. This college ranks 43rd out of 52 schools for overall quality in the state of Minnesota.
There were approximately 24 culinary arts/chef training students who graduated with this degree at Saint Paul College in the most recent data year.
Des Moines Area Community College is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in culinary arts/chef training. DMACC is a very large public college located in the suburb of Ankeny. A Best Colleges rank of #408 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means DMACC is a great college overall.
There were approximately 45 culinary arts/chef training students who graduated with this degree at DMACC in the most recent year we have data available.
It is hard to beat Kirkwood Community College if you want to pursue a degree in culinary arts/chef training. Kirkwood Community College is a large public college located in the midsize city of Cedar Rapids. A Best Colleges rank of #837 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Kirkwood Community College is a great college overall.
There were approximately 22 culinary arts/chef training students who graduated with this degree at Kirkwood Community College in the most recent year we have data available.
Metropolitan Community College is a great decision for students interested in a degree in culinary arts/chef training. Located in the large city of Omaha, MCC is a public college with a large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #615 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means MCC is a great college overall.
There were roughly 25 culinary arts/chef training students who graduated with this degree at MCC in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the large suburb of Bridgeton, Saint Louis Community College is a public college with a fairly large student population. This college ranks 22nd out of 48 colleges for overall quality in the state of Missouri.
There were approximately 18 culinary arts/chef training students who graduated with this degree at Saint Louis Community College in the most recent year we have data available.
Western Iowa Tech Community College is a moderately-sized public college located in the small city of Sioux City. This college ranks 32nd out of 37 schools for overall quality in the state of Iowa.
There were about 33 culinary arts/chef training students who graduated with this degree at Western Iowa Tech Community College in the most recent data year.
Located in the midsize city of Springfield, OTC is a public college with a fairly large student population. This college ranks 32nd out of 48 colleges for overall quality in the state of Missouri.
There were approximately 47 culinary arts/chef training students who graduated with this degree at OTC 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).
The culinary arts/chef training program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Culinary Arts/Chef Training rankings. For our Best Overall Culinary Arts/Chef Training School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
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