636 U.S. institutions report culinary programs — culinary arts, baking & pastry, and culinary management — to the U.S. Department of Education. Pick your state below: every guide compares its schools on average net price (what students actually paid after grants), enrollment, and program mix, from the same federal College Scorecard and IPEDS data, retrieved July 2026. States are listed with their school counts and cheapest real cost per year; two states currently report no culinary programs at all, and their pages say so honestly.
Alabama7 schoolsfrom $5,397/yr netAlaska3 schoolsfrom $10,892/yr netArizona17 schoolsfrom $3,405/yr netArkansas8 schoolsfrom $4,543/yr netCalifornia63 schoolsfrom $480/yr netColorado8 schoolsfrom $6,007/yr netConnecticut3 schoolsfrom $11,513/yr netDelaware1 schoolfrom $11,578/yr netFlorida53 schoolsfrom $987/yr netGeorgia21 schoolsfrom $614/yr netHawaii5 schoolsfrom $5,137/yr netIdaho3 schoolsfrom $6,095/yr netIllinois24 schoolsfrom $1,672/yr netIndiana3 schoolsfrom $7,258/yr netIowa8 schoolsfrom $8,059/yr netKansas9 schoolsfrom $3,265/yr netKentucky10 schoolsfrom $3,537/yr netLouisiana13 schoolsfrom $5,702/yr netMaine5 schoolsfrom $3,910/yr netMaryland9 schoolsfrom $5,106/yr netMassachusetts11 schoolsfrom $5,547/yr netMichigan20 schoolsfrom $660/yr netMinnesota10 schoolsfrom $9,082/yr netMississippi13 schoolsfrom $3,715/yr netMissouri12 schoolsfrom $5,837/yr netMontana5 schoolsfrom $8,099/yr netNebraska4 schoolsfrom $4,982/yr netNevada3 schoolsfrom $6,615/yr netNew Hampshire5 schoolsfrom $13,124/yr netNew Jersey17 schoolsfrom $2,288/yr netNew Mexico12 schoolsfrom $2,042/yr netNew York27 schoolsfrom $5,258/yr netNorth Carolina28 schoolsfrom $1,095/yr netNorth Dakota3 schoolsfrom $3,569/yr netOhio15 schoolsfrom $3,967/yr netOklahoma16 schoolsfrom $4,561/yr netOregon6 schoolsfrom $8,340/yr netPennsylvania34 schoolsfrom $5,167/yr netRhode Island2 schoolsfrom $20,252/yr netSouth Carolina8 schoolsfrom $1,406/yr netSouth Dakota2 schoolsfrom $2,977/yr netTennessee9 schoolsfrom $4,983/yr netTexas32 schoolsfrom $1,751/yr netUtah11 schoolsfrom $2,338/yr netVirginia14 schoolsfrom $4,102/yr netWashington19 schoolsfrom $4,783/yr netWest Virginia8 schoolsfrom $4,641/yr netWisconsin15 schoolsfrom $8,255/yr netWyoming2 schoolsfrom $9,346/yr netVermontno reported programsWashington DCno reported programs
School counts and prices from U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard and IPEDS completions data (CIP 12.05 family), retrieved July 2026. How these lists are built: methodology. Reviewed by Ankit P.