Top Florida Cooking Schools : Programs, Colleges, Degrees, Courses, Classes, Certification, Training

Cooking Schools in Florida

Florida contains 40 schools that offer cooking programs. Traviss Career Center, the highest-ranking cooking school in FL, has a total student population of 471 and is the 1197th highest ranked school in America.

Of the 40 cooking schools in Florida, only 5 have a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, Orlando Culinary Academy comes out as the most expensive ($52,209/yr), with Lindsey Hopkins Technical Education Center as the lowest recorded at only $774/yr.

Cooking students from Florida schools who go on to become chefs, cooks, sous chefs, line cooks, etc. have a good chance at finding employment. For example, there are 94,300 people working as chefs and head cooks alone in the US, and their average annual salary is $44,240. Also, Cooks, private household make on average $27,720 per year and there are about 770 of them employed in the US today. In fact, in the Florida alone, there are employed cooks, private household earning an average yearly salary of $20,650. Chefs and head cooks in this state earn $48,610/yr and there are 6,200 employed.

Also, within the cooking schools in Florida, the average student population is 3,322 and average student-to-faculty ratio is 17 to 1. Aside from cooking, there are 7625 total degree (or certificate) programs in the state, with 2,875 people on average applying for a school. Undergraduate tuition costs are normally around $2,879, but can vary widely depending on the type of school.

Cooking Programs in Florida

Marion County Community Technical and Adult Education Center

Cooking and Related Culinary Arts, General

Levels offered: Certificate

AI Miami International University of Art and Design

Cooking and Related Culinary Arts, General

Lindsey Hopkins Technical Education Center

Food Preparation/Professional Cooking/Kitchen Assistant

Levels offered: Certificate

Radford M Locklin Technical Center

Cooking and Related Culinary Arts, General

Robert Morgan Educational Center

Cooking and Related Culinary Arts, General

Levels offered: Certificate

Florida Interesting Facts

Greater Miami is the only metropolitan area in the United States whose borders encompass two national parks. You can hike through pristine Everglades National Park or ride on glass-bottom boats across Biscayne National Park.
Saint Augustine is the oldest European settlement in North America.
The name Punta Gorda, which means, "fat point" when translated from Spanish. The moniker was given to the city because a broad part of the land in Punta Gorda juts into Charlotte Harbor. The harbor itself is somewhat unique, as it is the point where the Peace River meets the ocean.
Orlando attracts more visitors than any other amusement park destination in the United States.
New England Congregationalists who sought to bring their style of liberal arts education to the state founded Rollins College, the oldest college in Florida, in Winter Park in 1885.

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