Culinary Arts and Related Services programs in New Jersey
28 schools in New Jersey teach this, at certificate or associate level. 3 of them report what graduates earn two years out; the highest is $30,771 at Brookdale Community College.
What this work pays in New Jersey
Cooks, Restaurant in New Jersey earn a median of $38,460 a year across 28,800 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 New Jersey |
|---|---|---|
| First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers | $48,420 | 27,750 |
| Bartenders | $44,020 | 16,260 |
| Chefs and Head Cooks | $74,280 | 9,100 |
| Bakers | $36,960 | 8,110 |
| Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria | $44,520 | 7,490 |
Occupation wages: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, 2025.
Schools
| School | Credential | Median debt | Graduate earnings, 2 yrs | Graduates |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brookdale Community College Lincroft | Associate's degree | — | $30,771 (33 grads) | 14 |
| Atlantic Cape Community College Mays Landing | Associate's degree | $11,000 | $28,236 (12 grads) | 22 |
| Hudson County Community College Jersey City | Associate's degree | $11,500 | $25,967 (30 grads) | 51 |
| Eastwick College-Hackensack Hackensack | Associate's degree | $19,247 | not published | 9 |
| Atlantic Cape Community College Mays Landing | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 7 |
| Bergen Community College Paramus | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 6 |
| Brookdale Community College Lincroft | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 7 |
| County College of Morris Randolph | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 3 |
| County College of Morris Randolph | Associate's degree | — | not published | 4 |
| Eastwick College-Hackensack Hackensack | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 0 |
| Hudson County Community College Jersey City | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 5 |
| Mercer County Community College West Windsor | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 0 |
| Mercer County Community College West Windsor | Associate's degree | — | not published | 15 |
| Middlesex College Edison | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 7 |
| Middlesex College Edison | Associate's degree | — | not published | 10 |
| New Community Career & Technical Institute Newark | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 4 |
| Ocean County Vocational-Technical School Toms River | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 12 |
| Passaic County Community College Paterson | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 25 |
| Passaic County Community College Paterson | Associate's degree | — | not published | 10 |
| Raritan Valley Community College Branchburg | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 0 |
| Raritan Valley Community College Branchburg | Associate's degree | — | not published | 0 |
| Rowan College at Burlington County Mount Laurel | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 3 |
| Rowan College at Burlington County Mount Laurel | Associate's degree | — | not published | 12 |
| Rowan College of South Jersey-Cumberland Campus Vineland | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 0 |
| Rowan College of South Jersey-Cumberland Campus Vineland | Associate's degree | — | not published | 0 |
| Salem Community College Carneys Point | Associate's degree | — | not published | — |
| Sussex County Community College Newton | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 0 |
| Warren County Community College Washington | 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.
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.