Idabel, OK has one catering school within its city limits. Kiamichi Technology Center-Idabel has a total student population of 142. It is the 1569th highest ranked school in the USA and the 31st highest in the state of Oklahoma (#1 is Oklahoma City University).
Catering students from Idabel 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.
Idabel lies in McCurtain county, which is one of the 41 counties in Oklahoma. Overall, the Southeastern Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area has 164,450 total employed workers according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, with a 1.7% unemployment rate, $15.13/hr average worker wage, and a $31,460 average annual salary.
After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, Kiamichi Technology Center-Idabel ends up costing a student $9,284/yr.