Ranked #23 in popularity, culinary arts is one of the most sought-after associate degree programs in the nation. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.
There was only one school in Kansas to review for the 2025 Best Culinary Arts Associate Degree Schools in Kansas ranking. If you would like to see more options to choose from, check out the Best Associate Degree Schools in the United States ranking..
The culinary arts school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Culinary Arts Associate Degree Schools in Kansas.
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It is hard to beat Johnson County Community College if you want to pursue an associate degree in culinary arts. Located in the midsize city of Overland Park, JCCC is a public college with a large student population.
Associate students who receive their degree from the culinary arts program earn around $38,977 in the first couple years of their career.
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).