Ohio contains five schools that offer catering programs. Lorain County Joint Vocational School District, the highest-ranking catering school in OH, has a total student population of 128 and is the 1530th highest ranked school in America.
Of the 5 catering schools in Ohio, only 2 have a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, The Art Institute of Ohio-Cincinnati comes out as the most expensive ($27,113/yr), with Lorain County Joint Vocational School District as the lowest recorded at only $5,005/yr.
Catering students from Ohio schools who go on to become caterers, professional caterers, food service managers, food service directors, etc. have a good chance at finding employment. For example, there are 11,218,260 people working as food preparation and serving related employees alone in the US, and their average annual salary is $20,880. Also, Meeting and convention planners make on average $48,060 per year and there are about 51,530 of them employed in the US today. In fact, in the Ohio alone, there are 1,170 employed meeting and convention planners earning an average yearly salary of $39,960. Food preparation and serving related employees in this state earn $19,690/yr and there are 463,680 employed.
Also, within the catering schools in Ohio, the average student population is 1,976 and average student-to-faculty ratio is 15 to 1. Aside from catering, there are 8695 total degree (or certificate) programs in the state, with 1,681 people on average applying for a school. Undergraduate tuition costs are normally around $4,978, but can vary widely depending on the type of school.
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