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Culinary program at Lincoln Technical Institute-Shelton
Shelton, CT · Private for-profit less-than-2-year · School website
School takes federal student aid (IPEDS) Accreditor on file: Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges
The program in figures
- Tuition and fees, whole programIPEDS 2024-25, certificate (1 to under 2 years)
- $25,715
- Books and suppliesIPEDS 2024-25
- $918
- Listed cost
- $26,633
- LengthIPEDS
- 39 credit hours, 16 months
- CompletionsIPEDS 2023-24, all levels
- 36
- Graduates' median earnings, 1 year afterCollege Scorecard, 140 graduates
- $24,128
- Median earnings, 4 years afterCollege Scorecard
- $37,522
- Median federal debtCollege Scorecard, about $128 a month over 10 years
- $12,096
- National median, same field, 4 years afterCollege Scorecard, all schools
- $30,572
- Typical pay for chefs and head cooksBLS OEWS May 2025, Waterbury-Shelton, CT
- $59,080
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About this program
Lincoln Technical Institute-Shelton awarded 36 culinary credentials in 2023-24 (IPEDS), its number 4 career program of 4 we list. Its listed tuition of $25,715 compares with a Connecticut median wage of $64,310 for chefs and head cooks (BLS, May 2025).
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