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Culinary Arts Schools in Texas
31 schools in Texas offer culinary arts-related programs, compared below on official cost, completion, and earnings data. Prefer to earn while you learn? 21 registered apprenticeship programs in Texas train culinary arts apprentices — see apprenticeships.
Occupation pay is what working culinary arts professionals in Texas 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.
Official license records related to culinary arts in Texas
From the U.S. Department of Labor's License Finder — these may include contractor, specialty, or related licenses beyond entry-level requirements:
- FIRE EXTINGUISHER TECHNICIAN — Texas Department of Insurance~State Fire Marshal
Wage and license data provided by CareerOneStop, sponsored by the U.S. Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration (DOLETA) and Minnesota DEED.
Schools, ranked by earnings per tuition dollar
| School | City | Type | Net price / yr | Completion | Earnings (10 yr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Texas College | McAllen | public | $1,751 | 32.7% | $36,788 |
| Lamar State College-Port Arthur | Port Arthur | public | $2,846 | 32.5% | $37,120 |
| Dallas College | Dallas | public | $3,214 | 22.8% | $41,714 |
| Del Mar College | Corpus Christi | public | $3,399 | 23.7% | $38,656 |
| El Paso Community College | El Paso | public | $3,206 | 24.1% | $35,212 |
| Tarrant County College District | Fort Worth | public | $4,337 | 24.5% | $42,727 |
| St Philip's College | San Antonio | public | $4,273 | 18.5% | $38,224 |
| Kilgore College | Kilgore | public | $5,364 | 33.1% | $37,975 |
| Grayson College | Denison | public | $5,880 | 32.1% | $40,873 |
| Houston City College | Houston | public | $5,737 | 20.5% | $39,254 |
| Austin Community College District | Austin | public | $6,390 | 16.1% | $43,177 |
| Odessa College | Odessa | public | $6,368 | 23% | $42,026 |
| Vernon College | Vernon | public | $6,404 | 28.9% | $40,464 |
| Lee College | Baytown | public | $6,879 | 54.5% | $42,178 |
| South Plains College | Levelland | public | $6,791 | 24.2% | $41,276 |
| Laredo College | Laredo | public | $5,798 | 32.7% | $33,934 |
| Northeast Texas Community College | Mount Pleasant | public | $6,706 | 44.5% | $37,870 |
| Collin County Community College District | McKinney | public | $8,969 | 20.3% | $48,701 |
| Alvin Community College | Alvin | public | $8,525 | 30.2% | $45,762 |
| Galveston College | Galveston | public | $8,412 | 35.2% | $37,233 |
| Texarkana College | Texarkana | public | $8,812 | 44.6% | $34,647 |
| Tyler Junior College | Tyler | public | $10,206 | 26.2% | $38,140 |
| San Jacinto Community College | Pasadena | public | $12,143 | 32.2% | $43,062 |
| Texas State Technical College | Waco | public | $13,508 | 40.4% | $38,916 |
| Lamar Institute of Technology | Beaumont | public | $13,866 | 37.2% | $38,991 |
| Auguste Escoffier School of Culinary Arts-Austin | Austin | private for-profit | $19,564 | 65.1% | $36,330 |
| Remington College-Houston Southeast Campus | League City | private nonprofit | $20,927 | 59.6% | $31,349 |
| Culinary Institute Inc | Houston | private for-profit | $30,428 | 63.9% | $32,195 |
| Remington College-Dallas Campus | Dallas | private nonprofit | $29,805 | 56.1% | $31,349 |
| Career Schools of Texas | Houston | private for-profit | $28,639 | 30.8% | $21,262 |
| The Culinary School of Fort Worth | Fort Worth | private for-profit | $24,296 | 78.8% | not reported |
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.
Common questions: Culinary Arts school in Texas
- How much do Culinary Arts schools cost in Texas?
- The median annual net price (what students actually pay after aid) across 31 culinary arts schools in Texas is $6,791. Individual schools range widely — the table above shows each school's real cost, not sticker price.
- Can you get paid to train as a culinary arts in Texas?
- Yes — Texas has 21 registered apprenticeship programs where you earn wages while you train instead of paying tuition. See the culinary arts apprenticeships page for the current list.
- What does a culinary arts earn in Texas?
- Working culinary arts professionals in Texas earn a median of $34,760 per year, ranging from about $23,330 to $42,810 (U.S. Department of Labor). This is what people in the job earn, which differs from a school's reported graduate-earnings figure.
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