Culinary Arts at College of the Desert

If you plan to study culinary arts, take a look at what College of the Desert has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

College of the Desert is located in Palm Desert, California and approximately 10,932 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Culinary Arts section at the bottom of this page.

College of the Desert Culinary Arts Degrees Available

Basic Certificate in Culinary Arts (Less Than 1 Year)
Associate’s Degree in Culinary Arts

College of the Desert Culinary Arts Rankings

Culinary Arts Student Demographics at College of the Desert

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the culinary arts majors at College of the Desert.

Concentrations Within Culinary Arts

Culinary Arts majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from College of the Desert. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded

Careers That Culinary Arts Grads May Go Into

A degree in culinary arts can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for CA, the home state for College of the Desert.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Restaurant Cooks	166,420	$30,620
Food Preparation and Serving Worker Supervisors	93,570	$37,230
Bartenders	66,320	$30,850
Food Service Managers	37,030	$57,920
Institution and Cafeteria Cooks	29,470	$35,680

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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