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Culinary Programs in Texas
Texas has 29 culinary programs in our files: 29 at colleges and career schools in IPEDS.
Programs
29
all sources
Median pay
$56,080
chefs and head cooks, BLS May 2025; U.S. $62,470
On the WIOA list
12
Culinary programs, U.S. DOL file
By metro area
- Houston area8 programs · median pay $45,400
- Dallas area4 programs · median pay $64,100
Every culinary program in Texas
| Program | Where | Type | Program cost | Length | Completions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alvin Community College | Alvin | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 24 |
| Auguste Escoffier School of Culinary Arts-Austin | Austin | Certificate | $21,428 | 8 months | 152 |
| Austin Community College District | Austin | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 27 |
| College of the Mainland | Texas City | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 0 |
| Collin County Community College District | McKinney | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 21 |
| Culinary Institute Inc | Houston | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 97 |
| Dallas College | Dallas | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 113 |
| Del Mar College | Corpus Christi | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 8 |
| El Paso Community College | El Paso | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 17 |
| Galveston College | Galveston | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 13 |
| Grayson College | Denison | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 19 |
| Houston Community College | Houston | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 38 |
| Kilgore College | Kilgore | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 20 |
| Lamar State College-Port Arthur | Port Arthur | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 8 |
| Laredo College | Laredo | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 22 |
| Lee College | Baytown | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 94 |
| Northeast Texas Community College | Mount Pleasant | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 14 |
| Odessa College | Odessa | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 64 |
| Remington College-Houston Southeast Campus | League City | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 1 |
| San Jacinto Community College | Pasadena | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 27 |
| South Plains College | Levelland | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 57 |
| South Texas College | McAllen | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 26 |
| St Philip's College | San Antonio | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 75 |
| Tarrant County College District | Fort Worth | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 34 |
| Texarkana College | Texarkana | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 113 |
| Texas State Technical College | Waco | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 33 |
| The Culinary School of Fort WorthWIOA list | Fort Worth | Certificate | $21,879 | 9 months | 44 |
| Tyler Junior College | Tyler | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 13 |
| Vernon College | Vernon | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 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.
Paying for training in Texas
- WIOA in Texas: 5,743 programs from 565 providers on the state's list in the U.S. DOL file, 12 of them Culinary.
- Pell Grants for short programs
- Workforce Pell
- GI Bill
No Workforce Pell list loaded for Texas yet. What Workforce Pell covers.