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63 schools in California offer culinary arts-related programs, compared below on official cost, completion, and earnings data. Prefer to earn while you learn? 9 registered apprenticeship programs in California train culinary arts apprentices — see apprenticeships.
Occupation pay is what working culinary arts professionals in California earn (all experience levels) — school "earnings" figures above are medians for each school's recent federally-aided students across all its programs, which read lower.
| School | City | Type | Net price / yr | Completion | Earnings (10 yr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| College of the Sequoias | Visalia | public | $480 | 33.7% | $39,092 |
| Skyline College | San Bruno | public | $1,738 | 26.7% | $55,702 |
| Victor Valley College | Victorville | public | $1,947 | 27% | $36,119 |
| San Joaquin Delta College | Stockton | public | $2,407 | 29.7% | $43,212 |
| Cerritos College | Norwalk | public | $2,424 | 30.2% | $41,156 |
| Yuba College | Marysville | public | $2,576 | 26.4% | $39,552 |
| Modesto Junior College | Modesto | public | $2,818 | 27.8% | $42,368 |
| Santa Ana College | Santa Ana | public | $3,133 | 18.9% | $43,552 |
| Shasta College | Redding | public | $2,878 | 24.5% | $39,269 |
| College of the Canyons | Santa Clarita | public | $3,702 | 29.9% | $49,022 |
| Saddleback College | Mission Viejo | public | $4,152 | 28.5% | $50,874 |
| Pasadena City College | Pasadena | public | $3,864 | 32.7% | $43,937 |
| Hacienda La Puente Adult Education | La Puente | public | $3,536 | 82.7% | $39,271 |
| Mission College | Santa Clara | public | $5,080 | 19.1% | $50,936 |
| Cypress College | Cypress | public | $4,606 | 29.9% | $43,533 |
| Moreno Valley College | Moreno Valley | public | $6,483 | 24.6% | $52,133 |
| Allan Hancock College | Santa Maria | public | $5,383 | 25.7% | $42,786 |
| San Diego Mesa College | San Diego | public | $5,814 | 23.1% | $45,120 |
| Grossmont College | El Cajon | public | $5,311 | 28.2% | $40,309 |
| Chaffey College | Rancho Cucamonga | public | $5,672 | 27.3% | $42,975 |
| Merced College | Merced | public | $5,040 | 30.4% | $37,815 |
| Santa Rosa Junior College | Santa Rosa | public | $6,331 | 35% | $47,224 |
| Mt San Antonio College | Walnut | public | $6,490 | 34.7% | $46,283 |
| Cosumnes River College | Sacramento | public | $5,981 | 21.7% | $42,446 |
| City College of San Francisco | San Francisco | public | $6,906 | 22.5% | $45,805 |
| Orange Coast College | Costa Mesa | public | $7,203 | 32.9% | $47,348 |
| Long Beach City College | Long Beach | public | $6,202 | 24.3% | $38,870 |
| Diablo Valley College | Pleasant Hill | public | $8,312 | 32.6% | $51,378 |
| MiraCosta College | Oceanside | public | $7,339 | 28.4% | $43,845 |
| Reedley College | Reedley | public | $6,814 | 30.4% | $38,493 |
| College of the Redwoods | Eureka | public | $6,904 | 25.3% | $36,243 |
| American River College | Sacramento | public | $7,999 | 24.6% | $40,162 |
| Glendale Community College | Glendale | public | $8,365 | 27.3% | $41,540 |
| Riverside City College | Riverside | public | $8,377 | 28.2% | $41,091 |
| Mendocino College | Ukiah | public | $8,330 | 18.6% | $40,243 |
| Baldwin Park Adult & Community Education | Baldwin Park | public | $6,665 | 62.8% | $32,069 |
| Woodland Community College | Woodland | public | $8,356 | 23.4% | $40,042 |
| Fresno City College | Fresno | public | $8,069 | 24.7% | $37,361 |
| Contra Costa College | San Pablo | public | $9,490 | 23.7% | $40,850 |
| Lake Tahoe Community College | South Lake Tahoe | public | $8,516 | 10.7% | $36,657 |
| Santa Barbara City College | Santa Barbara | public | $11,315 | 30.7% | $47,647 |
| Cuesta College | San Luis Obispo | public | $12,124 | 34.8% | $46,047 |
| Lemoore College | Lemoore | public | $10,832 | 31.1% | $40,292 |
| Monterey Peninsula College | Monterey | public | $11,373 | 16.2% | $42,176 |
| Copper Mountain Community College | Joshua Tree | public | $9,105 | 24.2% | $33,281 |
| Coalinga College | Coalinga | public | $10,477 | 26% | $37,633 |
| Feather River Community College District | Quincy | public | $10,800 | 20.5% | $38,142 |
| Columbia College | Sonora | public | $11,316 | 23.9% | $39,035 |
| Napa Valley College | Napa | public | $14,644 | 27.7% | $49,517 |
| Southwestern College | Chula Vista | public | $12,671 | 29.5% | $40,060 |
| Los Angeles Harbor College | Wilmington | public | $13,250 | 21.9% | $41,133 |
| Los Angeles Mission College | Sylmar | public | $13,380 | 23% | $39,834 |
| Los Angeles Trade Technical College | Los Angeles | public | $12,323 | 20.2% | $35,233 |
| Cabrillo College | Aptos | public | $15,843 | 26% | $44,114 |
| Bakersfield College | Bakersfield | public | $14,621 | 25.9% | $37,291 |
| College of the Desert | Palm Desert | public | $15,728 | 30.5% | $39,020 |
| Laney College | Oakland | public | $17,110 | 19.7% | $37,282 |
| San Bernardino Valley College | San Bernardino | public | $18,943 | 22.2% | $39,676 |
| CET-San Jose | San Jose | private nonprofit | $16,101 | 79.6% | $32,986 |
| Institute of Technology | Clovis | private for-profit | $23,159 | 66.7% | $35,095 |
| National Holistic Institute | Emeryville | private for-profit | $33,287 | 74.6% | $27,978 |
| Oxnard College | Oxnard | public | $-1,128 | 27.1% | $41,393 |
| Institute of Culinary Education | Pasadena | private for-profit | not reported | not reported | $47,865 |
Ranking = median earnings 10 years after entry per $1,000 of average yearly net price (methodology). Figures are institution-wide federal medians for each school as a whole — not culinary arts graduates specifically. Schools without both figures sort last — "not reported" means the federal dataset lacks the value, not that the school is bad.
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