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

Cooking Schools in Illinois

Illinois contains 21 schools that offer cooking programs. Robert Morris College, the highest-ranking cooking school in IL, has a total student population of 4,619 and is the 3235th highest ranked school in America.

Of the 21 cooking schools in Illinois, only 9 have a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, Kendall College comes out as the most expensive ($33,701/yr), with Triton College as the lowest recorded at only $2,479/yr.

Cooking students from Illinois 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 Illinois alone, there are 60 employed cooks, private household earning an average yearly salary of $20,360. Chefs and head cooks in this state earn $38,380/yr and there are 5,230 employed.

Also, within the cooking schools in Illinois, the average student population is 3,360 and average student-to-faculty ratio is 17 to 1. Aside from cooking, there are 7983 total degree (or certificate) programs in the state, with 2,830 people on average applying for a school. Undergraduate tuition costs are normally around $7,282, but can vary widely depending on the type of school.

Cooking Programs in Illinois

The Illinois Institute of Art-Chicago

Food Preparation/Professional Cooking/Kitchen Assistant

Kaskaskia College

Food Preparation/Professional Cooking/Kitchen Assistant

Levels offered: Certificate

Spoon River College

Food Preparation/Professional Cooking/Kitchen Assistant

Levels offered: Certificate

Elgin Community College

Food Preparation/Professional Cooking/Kitchen Assistant

Levels offered: Certificate

Southwestern Illinois College

Food Preparation/Professional Cooking/Kitchen Assistant

Levels offered: Certificate

Joliet Junior College

Food Preparation/Professional Cooking/Kitchen Assistant

Levels offered: Certificate

Saint Augustine College

Cooking and Related Culinary Arts, General

Illinois Interesting Facts

Ottawa, Freeport, Jonesboro, Charleston, Galesburg, Quincy and Alton hosted the famous Lincoln-Douglas debates that stirred interest all over the country in the slavery issue.
The first Aquarium opened in Chicago, 1893.
The world's first Skyscraper was built in Chicago, 1885.
Home to the Chicago Bears Football Team, Chicago Blackhawks hockey team, Chicago Bulls basketball team, Chicago Cubs and Chicago Whitesox baseball teams, Chicago Fire soccer team.
The first Mormon Temple in Illinois was constructed in Nauvoo.

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