Culinary Arts and Related Services programs in Louisiana
17 schools in Louisiana teach this, at certificate or associate level. 4 of them report what graduates earn two years out; the highest is $23,693 at Delgado Community College.
What this work pays in Louisiana
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers in Louisiana earn a median of $35,800 a year across 16,680 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 Louisiana |
|---|---|---|
| Cooks, Restaurant | $29,050 | 14,910 |
| Bartenders | $20,850 | 10,140 |
| Postsecondary Teachers, All Other | $78,810 | 6,870 |
| Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria | $25,490 | 5,740 |
| Bakers | $28,020 | 2,450 |
Occupation wages: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, 2025.
Schools
| School | Credential | Median debt | Graduate earnings, 2 yrs | Graduates |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Delgado Community College New Orleans | Associate's degree | — | $23,693 (20 grads) | 7 |
| Nunez Community College Chalmette | Undergraduate certificate | — | $23,649 (11 grads) | 9 |
| Crescent City Bartending School New Orleans | Undergraduate certificate | $3,167 | $16,786 (165 grads) | 41 |
| Bossier Parish Community College Bossier City | Undergraduate certificate | — | $14,318 (22 grads) | 23 |
| Baton Rouge Community College Baton Rouge | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 11 |
| Bossier Parish Community College Bossier City | Associate's degree | — | not published | 4 |
| Central Louisiana Technical Community College Alexandria | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | — |
| Delgado Community College New Orleans | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 19 |
| Louisiana Culinary Institute Baton Rouge | Associate's degree | — | not published | 50 |
| Nicholls State University Thibodaux | Associate's degree | — | not published | 9 |
| Northshore Technical Community College Lacombe | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 19 |
| Northshore Technical Community College Lacombe | Associate's degree | — | not published | — |
| Northwest Louisiana Technical Community College Minden | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | — |
| SOWELA Technical Community College Lake Charles | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 94 |
| SOWELA Technical Community College Lake Charles | Associate's degree | — | not published | 9 |
| South Louisiana Community College Lafayette | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 8 |
| South Louisiana Community College Lafayette | Associate's degree | — | not published | 9 |
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.
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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.