Culinary Arts and Related Services programs in Alaska

5 schools in Alaska teach this, at certificate or associate level. The Department of Education publishes earnings for none of them, so the figures below are what the occupation itself pays.

What this work pays in Alaska

First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers in Alaska earn a median of $46,570 a year across 2,390 jobs. That is what the occupation pays everyone in it — not what graduates of any one program below earned.

Also leads to	Median	Jobs in Alaska
Cooks, Restaurant	$40,140	2,350
Bartenders	$30,460	2,280
Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria	$48,580	1,430
Chefs and Head Cooks	$52,190	680
Bakers	$39,710	430

Occupation wages: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, 2025.

Schools

School	Credential	Median debt	Graduate earnings, 2 yrs	Graduates
Alaska Vocational Technical Center Seward	Undergraduate certificate	—	not published	8
University of Alaska Anchorage Anchorage	Undergraduate certificate	—	not published	6
University of Alaska Anchorage Anchorage	Associate's degree	—	not published	10
University of Alaska Fairbanks Fairbanks	Undergraduate certificate	—	not published	4
University of Alaska Fairbanks Fairbanks	Associate's degree	—	not published	6

A dash under earnings or debt means the U.S. Department of Education has not published a figure for that program — it withholds any median computed from too few graduates, which covers about four of every five programs. It never means zero, and it says nothing about whether the program is any good. Where a figure is shown, the number of graduates behind it is shown with it.

Email me when these figures change

The U.S. Department of Education publishes new cost, debt and earnings figures once a year, and every number on this page changes at once. One email when that happens for Culinary Arts and Related Services — nothing else, and nothing in between.

Program and outcome figures: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, released 2026-06-10.