2025 Best Restaurant, Culinary, & Catering Management/Manager Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region

If you plan on getting your associate degree in restaurant, culinary, & catering management/manager, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #153 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.

In 2025, College Factual analyzed 2 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Restaurant, Culinary, & Catering Management/Manager Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 15 associate degrees in restaurant, culinary, & catering management/manager during the 2022-2023 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

• Best Associate Degree Schools List

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on restaurant, culinary, & catering management/manager students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of restaurant, culinary, & catering management/manager students who choose to seek a associate degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized restaurant, culinary, & catering management/manager related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for restaurant, culinary, & catering management/manager students working on their associate degree.

More Ways to Rank Restaurant, Culinary, & Catering Management/Manager Schools

Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Restaurant, Culinary, & Catering Management/Manager Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list, to help you choose the best school for you.

Best Schools for Associate Students to Study Restaurant, Culinary, & Catering Management/Manager in the Southwest Region

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing an associate degree in restaurant, culinary, & catering management/manager.

Top Southwest Region Schools for an Associate in Restaurant, Culinary, and Catering Management/Manager

1

San Jacinto Community College
Pasadena, TX

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

4 Annual Graduates

San Jacinto Community College is a wonderful choice for students pursuing an associate degree in restaurant, culinary, & catering management/manager. Located in the city of Pasadena, San Jacinto College is a public college with a very large student population.More information about a associate in restaurant, culinary, & catering management/manager from San Jacinto Community College

2

Culinary Institute Inc
Houston, TX

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

5 Annual Graduates

Culinary Institute Inc is a wonderful option for individuals interested in an associate degree in restaurant, culinary, & catering management/manager. Culinary Institute LeNotre is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the city of Houston.More information about a associate in restaurant, culinary, & catering management/manager from Culinary Institute Inc

Best Restaurant, Culinary, & Catering Management/Manager Colleges by State

Explore the best restaurant, culinary, & catering management/manager schools for a specific state in the Southwest Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Texas	420	22
Arizona	349	17
New Mexico	255	1

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Rankings in Majors Related to Restaurant, Culinary, and Catering Management/Manager

One of 11 majors within the Culinary Arts area of study, Restaurant, Culinary, & Catering Management/Manager has other similar majors worth exploring.

Majors Similar to Restaurant, Culinary, and Catering Management/Manager

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Culinary Arts/Chef Training	470
Baking & Pastry Arts/Baker/Pastry Chef	172
General Cooking & Related Culinary Arts	86
Food Preparation/Professional Cooking/Kitchen Assistant	7
Institutional Food Workers	5
Meat Cutting/Meat Cutter	3

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.