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Culinary Schools in San Diego

San Diego, CA (population: 1,309,749) has five culinary schools within its city limits. Avance Beauty College, the highest ranked school in the city with a culinary program, has a total student population of 86. It is the 2173rd highest ranked school in the USA and the 200th highest in the state of California (#1 is University of California-Los Angeles).

Culinary students from San Diego schools who go on to become culinary artists, bakers, chefs, cooks, etc. have a good chance at finding employment. For example, there are 140,510 people working as bakers alone in the US, and their average annual salary is $25,350. Also, Cooks, private household make on average $27,720 per year and there are about 770 of them employed in the US today.

San Diego lies in San Diego county, which is one of the 57 counties in California. Overall, the San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos area has 1,279,330 total employed workers according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, with a 1% unemployment rate, $23/hr average worker wage, and a $48,860 average annual salary.

Of the 5 culinary schools in San Diego, only 2 have a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, Paul Mitchell the School-San Diego comes out as the most expensive ($34,248/yr) for culinary students, with San Diego City College as the lowest, reported at only $6,682/yr.

Culinary Programs in San Diego

Avance Beauty College

• Personal and culinary services
  

  Levels offered: Certificate

The Art Institute of California-San Diego

• Personal and culinary services
  

  Levels offered: Associates, Bachelors
• Culinary Arts/Chef Training
  

  Levels offered: Associates
• Restaurant, Culinary, and Catering Management/Manager
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

Paul Mitchell the School-San Diego

• Personal and culinary services
  

  Levels offered: Certificate

San Diego Mesa College

• Personal and culinary services
  

  Levels offered: Certificate, Associates
• Cooking and Related Culinary Arts, General
  

  Levels offered: Certificate, Associates

San Diego City College

• Personal and culinary services
  

  Levels offered: Certificate, Associates

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San Diego City Parks:

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See Also

• Culinary Information
• Salary Details for a Baker
• Online Culinary Schools
• Online Culinary Programs
• Online Culinary Courses
• Online Culinary Certifications

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