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Culinary Programs in the Charlotte area
4 culinary programs in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC metro area, listed by distance from Charlotte.
Programs
4
in the metro area
Median pay here
$64,260
chefs and head cooks, BLS May 2025
Culinary programs, nearest to Charlotte first
| Program | Where | Type | Completions | Miles |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johnson & Wales University-Charlotte | Charlotte | Associate | 87 | 17.5 |
| Central Piedmont Community College | Charlotte | Certificate | 284 | 18.2 |
| Livingstone College | Salisbury | Certificate | 1 | 20.7 |
| Mitchell Community College | Statesville | Certificate | 12 | 22.4 |
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 Charlotte area
- WIOA in North Carolina: 2,446 programs are on the state's list in the U.S. DOL file, 8 of them Culinary.
- Pell Grants for short programs
- Workforce Pell
- GI Bill