Culinary Programs in North Carolina

North Carolina has 26 culinary programs in our files: 26 at colleges and career schools in IPEDS.

Programs

all sources

Median pay

$61,130

chefs and head cooks, BLS May 2025; U.S. $62,470

On the WIOA list

Culinary programs, U.S. DOL file

By metro area

Program	Where	Type	Completions
Alamance Community College	Graham	Certificate	18
Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community CollegeWIOA list	Asheville	Certificate	56
Caldwell Community College and Technical Institute	Hudson	Associate	16
Cape Fear Community College	Wilmington	Certificate	10
Carteret Community CollegeWIOA list	Morehead City	Certificate	23
Central Carolina Community CollegeWIOA list	Sanford	Certificate	6
Central Piedmont Community College	Charlotte	Certificate	284
Coastal Carolina Community College	Jacksonville	Certificate	42
College of the AlbemarleWIOA list	Elizabeth City	Certificate	15
Durham Technical Community College	Durham	Certificate	22
Fayetteville Technical Community College	Fayetteville	Certificate	114
Guilford Technical Community College	Jamestown	Certificate	84
Johnson & Wales University-Charlotte	Charlotte	Associate	87
Lenoir Community CollegeWIOA list	Kinston	Certificate	10
Livingstone College	Salisbury	Certificate	1
Mitchell Community College	Statesville	Certificate	12
Montgomery Community College	Troy	Certificate	2
Nash Community College	Rocky Mount	Certificate	28
Robeson Community College	Lumberton	Certificate	1
Sandhills Community College	Pinehurst	Certificate	3
Southwestern Community College	Sylva	Certificate	18
Tri-County Community College	Murphy	Certificate	0
Vance-Granville Community College	Henderson	Certificate	1
Wake Technical Community College	Raleigh	Certificate	31
Wilkes Community College	Wilkesboro	Certificate	22
Wilson Community College	Wilson	Certificate	5

Sources: IPEDS 2024 (programs, completions 2023-24, costs 2024-25). WIOA list: U.S. Department of Labor ETA-9171 file, programs listed June 30, 2025.

WIOA in North Carolina: 2,446 programs from 175 providers on the state's list in the U.S. DOL file, 8 of them Culinary.
Pell Grants for short programs
Workforce Pell
GI Bill

No Workforce Pell list loaded for North Carolina yet. What Workforce Pell covers.