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Culinary program at South Puget Sound Community College

Olympia, WA · Public 4-year · (360) 596-5200 · School website

On Washington's WIOA eligible training provider list (DOL file dated June 30, 2025) School takes federal student aid (IPEDS) Accreditor on file: Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities

The program in figures

Tuition and fees, whole programIPEDS 2024-25, certificate (1 to under 2 years)
Not reported
LengthIPEDS
Not reported
CompletionsIPEDS 2023-24, all levels
6
Graduates' median earnings, 1 year afterCollege Scorecard
Not published (small cohort)
National median, same field, 4 years afterCollege Scorecard, all schools
$30,572
Typical pay for chefs and head cooksBLS OEWS May 2025, Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA
$72,270

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

South Puget Sound Community College awarded 6 culinary credentials in 2023-24 (IPEDS), its number 7 career program of 7 we list.

AwardCIPCompletionsLengthTuition
Certificate (1 to under 2 years)12.0503 Culinary Arts/Chef Training3Not reportedNot reported
Associate degree12.0503 Culinary Arts/Chef Training3Not reportedNot reported

On Washington'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 programTuition and feesLengthCompletedEmployed, 2nd quarterMedian earnings, 2nd quarterStudents who exited
Culinary ArtsAas-t · Hybrid (in person and online) · CIP 12.0503$11,30460 weeks, 17 hours a week65.2%87.5%$5,12023

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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