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Culinary program at Cuesta College

San Luis Obispo, CA · Public 2-year · (805) 546-3100 · School website

On California's WIOA eligible training provider list (DOL file dated June 30, 2025) School takes federal student aid (IPEDS) Accreditor on file: Western Association of Schools and Colleges Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges

The program in figures

Tuition and fees, whole programIPEDS 2024-25, certificate (12 weeks to under 1 year): Not reported
LengthIPEDS: Not reported
CompletionsIPEDS 2023-24, all levels: 45
Graduates' median earnings, 1 year afterCollege Scorecard: Not published (small cohort)
Typical pay for chefs and head cooksBLS OEWS May 2025, San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA: $59,400

Every line comes from the federal file named under it. A blank means the source does not publish the figure for this program; we never estimate it.

About this program

Cuesta College awarded 45 culinary credentials in 2023-24 (IPEDS), its number 4 career program of 11 we list.

Award	CIP	Completions	Length	Tuition
Certificate (12 weeks to under 1 year)	12.0500 Cooking and Related Culinary Arts, General	38	Not reported	Not reported
Certificate (1 to under 2 years)	12.0500 Cooking and Related Culinary Arts, General	0	Not reported	Not reported
Associate degree	12.0500 Cooking and Related Culinary Arts, General	7	Not reported	Not reported

On California's WIOA eligible training provider list

People who meet WIOA's rules for training services can have their local workforce board pay for a program on the state's eligible training provider list. Limits vary by area. How WIOA training funds work.

Listed program	Tuition and fees	Length	Completed	Employed, 2nd quarter	Median earnings, 2nd quarter	Students who exited
Culinary Arts, CSCulinary Arts Foundation, CS · In person · CIP 12.0500	$495+ $1,177 books	18 weeks, 36 hours a week	Suppressed	Suppressed	Suppressed	Suppressed

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, TrainingProviderResults.gov program file (ETA-9171): programs on state lists as of June 30, 2025; outcomes for all students who exited between July 2021 and June 2025, not only WIOA-funded ones. Median earnings are one quarter's pay in the second quarter after exit. Suppressed means DOL withheld the figure (a small group, nothing reported, or a data quality hold); for length it can also mean a competency-based program. Matched to this page by provider name, address and field of study (CIP code).

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