Program Payoff

Culinary Arts and Related Services programs in Maryland

16 schools in Maryland teach this, at certificate or associate level. 2 of them report what graduates earn two years out; the highest is $22,466 at Lincoln College of Technology-Columbia.

What this work pays in Maryland

First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers in Maryland earn a median of $42,450 a year across 20,150 jobs. That is what the occupation pays everyone in it — not what graduates of any one program below earned.

Also leads toMedianJobs in Maryland
Cooks, Restaurant$37,82017,690
Bartenders$37,58013,020
Postsecondary Teachers, All Other$82,8504,840
Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria$41,3803,370
Chefs and Head Cooks$61,5903,220

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

Schools

SchoolCredentialMedian debtGraduate earnings, 2 yrsGraduates
Lincoln College of Technology-Columbia Columbia Undergraduate certificate $12,096 $22,466 (134 grads) 47
Allegany College of Maryland Cumberland Associate's degree $15,182 (11 grads) 3
Allegany College of Maryland Cumberland Undergraduate certificate not published 1
Anne Arundel Community College Arnold Undergraduate certificate not published 59
Anne Arundel Community College Arnold Associate's degree not published 38
Chesapeake College Wye Mills Undergraduate certificate not published 0
Frederick Community College Frederick Undergraduate certificate not published 2
Frederick Community College Frederick Associate's degree not published 0
Howard Community College Columbia Undergraduate certificate not published 10
Howard Community College Columbia Associate's degree not published 18
Montgomery College Rockville Undergraduate certificate not published 1
Montgomery College Rockville Associate's degree not published 0
Prince George's Community College Largo Undergraduate certificate not published 8
Prince George's Community College Largo Associate's degree not published 22
Wor-Wic Community College Salisbury Undergraduate certificate not published 0
Wor-Wic Community College Salisbury Associate's degree not published 0

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