Culinary Arts and Related Services programs in New York
39 schools in New York teach this, at certificate or associate level. 16 of them report what graduates earn two years out; the highest is $51,690 at Culinary Institute of America.
What this work pays in New York
Cooks, Restaurant in New York earn a median of $43,680 a year across 71,530 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 York |
|---|---|---|
| First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers | $47,190 | 65,580 |
| Bartenders | $61,210 | 43,130 |
| Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria | $45,880 | 17,670 |
| Chefs and Head Cooks | $70,670 | 17,430 |
| Bakers | $38,660 | 15,130 |
Occupation wages: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, 2025.
Schools
| School | Credential | Median debt | Graduate earnings, 2 yrs | Graduates |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Culinary Institute of America Hyde Park | Undergraduate certificate | — | $51,690 (42 grads) | 23 |
| Culinary Institute of America Hyde Park | Associate's degree | $12,000 | $32,753 (872 grads) | 564 |
| Nassau Community College Garden City | Associate's degree | — | $28,309 (14 grads) | 18 |
| SUNY Adirondack Queensbury | Associate's degree | — | $27,584 (12 grads) | 12 |
| Suffolk County Community College Selden | Associate's degree | — | $26,739 (50 grads) | 19 |
| CUNY Kingsborough Community College Brooklyn | Associate's degree | — | $25,194 (15 grads) | 38 |
| Erie Community College Buffalo | Associate's degree | $6,439 | $25,194 (11 grads) | 12 |
| Schenectady County Community College Schenectady | Associate's degree | — | $25,194 (51 grads) | 26 |
| SUNY College of Agriculture and Technology at Cobleskill Cobleskill | Associate's degree | — | $24,267 (20 grads) | 9 |
| Sullivan County Community College Loch Sheldrake | Associate's degree | — | $24,267 (21 grads) | 2 |
| Niagara County Community College Sanborn | Associate's degree | $11,970 | $24,112 (96 grads) | 51 |
| SUNY College of Technology at Delhi Delhi | Associate's degree | — | $22,920 (17 grads) | 7 |
| Monroe University Bronx | Associate's degree | $12,030 | $22,917 (51 grads) | 36 |
| SUNY College of Technology at Alfred Alfred | Associate's degree | $12,000 | $22,777 (37 grads) | 20 |
| Finger Lakes Community College Canandaigua | Associate's degree | — | $22,192 (13 grads) | 3 |
| Erie Community College Buffalo | Undergraduate certificate | — | $21,964 (13 grads) | 9 |
| Institute of Culinary Education New York | Undergraduate certificate | $6,439 | not published | 677 |
| Paul Smiths College of Arts and Science Paul Smiths | Associate's degree | — | not published | 4 |
| CUNY Kingsborough Community College Brooklyn | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 1 |
| Cayuga County Community College Auburn | Associate's degree | — | not published | 1 |
| Clinton Essex Warren Washington BOCES Plattsburgh | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 0 |
| Finger Lakes Community College Canandaigua | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 1 |
| Mohawk Valley Community College Utica | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 2 |
| Mohawk Valley Community College Utica | Associate's degree | — | not published | 5 |
| Monroe Community College Rochester | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 5 |
| Monroe Community College Rochester | Associate's degree | — | not published | 1 |
| Nassau Community College Garden City | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 1 |
| Niagara County Community College Sanborn | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 26 |
| Onondaga Community College Syracuse | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 1 |
| Onondaga Community College Syracuse | Associate's degree | — | not published | — |
| Paul Smiths College of Arts and Science Paul Smiths | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 0 |
| Rockland Community College Suffern | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 8 |
| SUNY Adirondack Queensbury | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 1 |
| SUNY Broome Community College Binghamton | Associate's degree | — | not published | 8 |
| SUNY Morrisville Morrisville | Associate's degree | — | not published | 11 |
| SUNY Westchester Community College Valhalla | Associate's degree | — | not published | 8 |
| Schenectady County Community College Schenectady | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 2 |
| Suffolk County Community College Selden | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 5 |
| Tompkins Cortland Community College Dryden | Associate's degree | — | not published | 3 |
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.