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Culinary program at Pellissippi State Community College

Knoxville, TN · Public 2-year · School website

On Tennessee's WIOA training list (U.S. DOL file, programs listed June 30, 2025) School takes federal student aid (IPEDS) Accreditor on file: Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on 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: 42
Graduates' median earnings, 1 year afterCollege Scorecard: Not published (small cohort)
Typical pay for chefs and head cooksBLS OEWS May 2025, Knoxville, TN: $62,770

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

Pellissippi State Community College awarded 42 culinary credentials in 2023-24 (IPEDS), its second largest career program of 3 we list.

Award	CIP	Completions	Length	Tuition
Certificate (12 weeks to under 1 year)	12.0500 Cooking and Related Culinary Arts, General	21	Not reported	Not reported
Associate degree	12.0503 Culinary Arts/Chef Training	21	Not reported	Not reported

On Tennessee's WIOA eligible training list

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

Listed program	Listed cost	Weeks	Completed	Employed, Q2	Median earnings, Q2
CULINARY ARTS DEGREE PROGRAM	$9,052	15	54%	79.4%	$6,122

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, TrainingProviderResults.gov program file (ETA-9171): programs on state lists as of June 30, 2025; outcomes for all participants who exited between July 2021 and June 2025. Suppressed means the state withheld a small count. Matched to this school by name and address.

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