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Catering Schools in Philadelphia

Philadelphia, PA (population: 1,445,993) has three catering schools within its city limits. Jna Institute of Culinary Arts, the highest ranked school in the city with a catering program, has a total student population of 49. It is the 2360th highest ranked school in the USA and the 202nd highest in the state of Pennsylvania (#1 is University of Pennsylvania).

Catering students from Philadelphia 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 Philadelphia Metropolitan area alone, there are 890 employed meeting and convention planners earning an average salary of $47,690. Food preparation and serving related employees in this area earn $22,850/yr and there are 141,000 employed.

Philadelphia lies in Philadelphia county, which is one of the 32 counties in Pennsylvania. Overall, the Philadelphia Metropolitan area has 1,832,880 total employed workers according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, with a 0.6% unemployment rate, $23.24/hr average worker wage, and a $48,340 average annual salary. Thus, about 76.929 out of every 1000 jobs in Philadelphia are held by food preparation and serving related employees, and 0.483/1000 are held by meeting and convention planners.

Of the 3 catering schools in Philadelphia, only 1 has a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, The Art Institute of Philadelphia comes out as the most expensive ($31,780/yr) for catering students, with Community College of Philadelphia as the lowest, reported at only $6,012/yr.

Catering Programs in Philadelphia

• Restaurant, Culinary, and Catering Management/Manager
  

  Levels offered: Associates

• Restaurant, Culinary, and Catering Management/Manager
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

• Restaurant, Culinary, and Catering Management/Manager
  

  Levels offered: Associates

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