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Culinary Programs in the Chicago area
11 culinary programs in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN metro area, listed by distance from Chicago.
Programs
11
1 within 10 miles
Median pay here
$60,770
chefs and head cooks, BLS May 2025
Culinary programs, nearest to Chicago first
| Program | Where | Type | Completions | Miles |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Triton CollegeWIOA list | River Grove | Certificate | 16 | 2.9 |
| College of DuPage | Glen Ellyn | Certificate | 20 | 10.3 |
| St. Augustine College | Chicago | Associate | 2 | 12.7 |
| National Louis University | Chicago | Certificate | 71 | 13.2 |
| Roosevelt University | Chicago | Associate | 0 | 13.2 |
| City Colleges of Chicago-Kennedy-King CollegeWIOA list | Chicago | Certificate | 80 | 14.3 |
| William Rainey Harper College | Palatine | Certificate | 2 | 16.7 |
| Elgin Community College | Elgin | Certificate | 29 | 24.4 |
| Prairie State College | Chicago Heights | Certificate | 0 | 27.9 |
| Joliet Junior College | Joliet | Associate | 36 | 30.8 |
| College of Lake County | Grayslake | Certificate | 33 | 33.0 |
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 Chicago area
- WIOA in Illinois: 3,233 programs are on the state's list in the U.S. DOL file, 15 of them Culinary.
- Pell Grants for short programs
- Workforce Pell
- GI Bill