Culinary Arts is about average in terms of popularity for bachelor's degrees programs. That is, it ranks #216 out of the 363 majors across the country that we analyze each year. So, you may have to do some digging around to find quality schools that offer the degree program. This list can help with that.
There was only one school in the Southeast Region to review for the 2025 Best Culinary Arts Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. If you would like to see more options to choose from, check out the Best Bachelor's 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 Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region.
To further help you make the college decision, we've developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to you.
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It's difficult to beat Nicholls State University if you wish to pursue a bachelor's degree in culinary arts. Located in the city of Thibodaux, Nicholls State University is a public university with a medium-sized student population.
Students who graduate with their bachelor's from the culinary arts program report average early career income of $23,038.
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).
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