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Culinary Programs in the San Diego area
3 culinary programs in the San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA metro area, listed by distance from San Diego.
Programs
3
3 within 10 miles
Median pay here
$60,600
chefs and head cooks, BLS May 2025
Culinary programs, nearest to San Diego first
| Program | Where | Type | Completions | Miles |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grossmont College | El Cajon | Certificate | 71 | 5.2 |
| San Diego Mesa College | San Diego | Certificate | 14 | 7.4 |
| Southwestern College | Chula Vista | Certificate | 35 | 8.6 |
The metro area is the federal (OMB) metropolitan statistical area, so suburbs count with their city. Miles are measured from the city's center to the school's address or ZIP code center.
Paying for training in the San Diego area
- WIOA in California: 4,171 programs are on the state's list in the U.S. DOL file, 50 of them Culinary.
- Pell Grants for short programs
- Workforce Pell
- GI Bill
Other California metro areas
- Los Angeles area20 programs
- Riverside area6 programs
- Sacramento area5 programs
- San Francisco area5 programs