2022 Most Popular Associate Degree Colleges for Culinary Arts in Tennessee

Culinary Arts is of the hottest associate degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #16 most popular major in the country. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.

College Factual looked at 3 colleges and universities when compiling its 2022 Most Popular Associate Degree Colleges for Culinary Arts in Tennessee ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 12 associate degrees in culinary arts to qualified students.

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Choosing a Great Culinary Arts School for Your Associate Degree

Your choice of school for getting your associate degree in culinary arts matters. As an aid in helping you pick the right school for you, we created our Most Popular Associate Degree Colleges for Culinary Arts in Tennessee ranking.

Being popular does not always equate to overall quality, but a school with a large number of culinary arts students usually has them for a reason. This may be due to it being a great value, it offering a stellar educational experience, or the subject is a major focus of the school.

One Size Does Not Fit All

We have also developed a number of other rankings to help guide you in your decision-making process. To begin with, if this is not the degree level you are most interested in, you may want to check out one of the others noted above. If you would prefer to limit your search to a specific state or region of the county, see our rankings by location. On top of that, you can visit our other rankings for culinary arts.

 

Most Popular Schools for Associate Students to Study Culinary Arts in Tennessee

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

Most Well Attended Schools for Culinary Arts Students Working on Their Associate

1

Nashville State Community College
Nashville, TN

7 Annual Associate Degrees

#1 Best Quality In TN

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

Any student pursuing a degree in an associate degree in culinary arts needs to check out Nashville State Community College. Located in the city of Nashville, Nashville State Community College is a public college with a moderately-sized student population. You also may be intersted to know that the school ranks #1 in quality for associate degrees in culinary arts in Tennessee.

Associate graduates who receive their degree from the culinary arts program make around $26,000 for their early career.

More information about a associate in culinary arts from Nashville State Community College

2

Remington College - Memphis Campus
Memphis, TN

3 Annual Associate Degrees

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

Every student who is interested in an associate degree in culinary arts has to check out Remington College - Memphis Campus. Remington College - Memphis Campus is a small private not-for-profit college located in the city of Memphis. More information about a associate in culinary arts from Remington College - Memphis Campus

3

Southern Adventist University
Collegedale, TN

2 Annual Associate Degrees

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

Southern Adventist University is one of the most popular schools in the country for getting an associate degree in culinary arts. Southern Adventist is a small private not-for-profit university located in the suburb of Collegedale. More information about a associate in culinary arts from Southern Adventist University

Best Culinary Arts Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Most Popular Culinary Arts Colleges in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Mississippi	138	105
North Carolina	125	590
Georgia	120	232
Florida	115	461
Virginia	96	474
Arkansas	95	84
West Virginia	93	22
Kentucky	93	186
Louisiana	70	111
South Carolina	69	136
Alabama	68	64

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Culinary Arts Related Rankings by Major

One of 3 majors within the Personal & Culinary Services area of study, Culinary Arts has other similar majors worth exploring.

Culinary Arts Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
Culinary Arts/Chef Training	9
Restaurant, Culinary, & Catering Management/Manager	3

Majors Similar to Culinary Arts

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Funeral & Mortuary Science	34

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.