2023 Most Well Attended Restaurant, Culinary, and Catering Management/Manager Major in the New England Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Well Attended Restaurant, Culinary, and Catering Management/Manager Major in the New England Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Restaurant, Culinary, & Catering Management/Manager is the 488th most popular major in the country with 1,380 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across the New England region, there were 20 restaurant, culinary, and catering management/manager graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Most Well Attended Restaurant, Culinary, and Catering Management/Manager Major in the New England Region” ranking, we looked at 7 colleges that offer a degree in restaurant, culinary, and catering management/manager. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have one of the most popular restaurant, culinary, and catering management/manager programs in the United States.

See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Most Well Attended Restaurant, Culinary, and Catering Management/Manager Major in the New England Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for new england region restaurant, culinary, and catering management/manager students.

Top 7 Most Popular Colleges for Restaurant, Culinary, & Catering Management/Manager in the New England Region

1

Norwalk Community College
Norwalk, Connecticut

$45,067 Average Early-Career Earnings

$13,875 Average Student Debt

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Norwalk Community College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Restaurant, Culinary, and Catering Management/Manager Major in the New England Region list. Norwalk Community College is located in Norwalk, Connecticut and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 9 ’s restaurant, culinary, and catering management/manager degrees to qualified students.

Full NCC Restaurant, Culinary, & Catering Management/Manager Report

2

Gateway Community College
New Haven, Connecticut

$39,822 Average Early-Career Earnings

$11,510 Average Student Debt

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Gateway Community College. The school came in at #2 for the Most Well Attended Restaurant, Culinary, and Catering Management/Manager Major in the New England Region. Gateway Community College is a medium-sized public school situated in New Haven, Connecticut. It awarded 4 ’s restaurant, culinary, and catering management/manager degrees in 2020-2021.

Full Gateway Community College Restaurant, Culinary, & Catering Management/Manager Report

3

Eastern Maine Community College
Bangor, Maine

$40,182 Average Early-Career Earnings

$17,387 Average Student Debt

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Eastern Maine Community College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Restaurant, Culinary, and Catering Management/Manager Major in the New England Region list. Located in Bangor, Maine, this small public school handed out 3 degrees to qualified ’s restaurant, culinary, and catering management/manager students in 2020-2021.

Read more about Restaurant, Culinary, & Catering Management/Manager at Eastern Maine Community College

3

Manchester Community College
Manchester, Connecticut

$35,798 Average Early-Career Earnings

$8,875 Average Student Debt

Out of the 7 schools in the Most Well Attended Restaurant, Culinary, and Catering Management/Manager Major in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Manchester Community College landed the #3 spot on the list. Manchester, Connecticut is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s restaurant, culinary, and catering management/manager degrees to 3 students in 2020-2021.

Full MCC Restaurant, Culinary, & Catering Management/Manager Report

5

Central Maine Community College
Auburn, Maine

$37,625 Average Early-Career Earnings

$14,491 Average Student Debt

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Central Maine Community College. The school came in at #5 for the Most Well Attended Restaurant, Culinary, and Catering Management/Manager Major in the New England Region. Auburn, Maine is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s restaurant, culinary, and catering management/manager degrees to 1 students in 2020-2021.

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6

Johnson & Wales University - Online
Providence, Rhode Island

$38,044 Average Early-Career Earnings

$26,750 Average Student Debt

Johnson & Wales University - Online came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Well Attended Restaurant, Culinary, and Catering Management/Manager Major in the New England Region ranking. Johnson & Wales University - Online is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Providence, Rhode Island. It awarded 0 ’s restaurant, culinary, and catering management/manager degrees in 2020-2021.

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Johnson & Wales University - Providence
Providence, Rhode Island

$43,037 Average Early-Career Earnings

$26,117 Average Student Debt

Johnson & Wales University - Providence came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Well Attended Restaurant, Culinary, and Catering Management/Manager Major in the New England Region ranking. JWU Providence is located in Providence, Rhode Island and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 0 ’s restaurant, culinary, and catering management/manager degrees to qualified students.

Read more about Restaurant, Culinary, & Catering Management/Manager at JWU Providence

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Notes and References

References

• 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 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).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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