Culinary Arts and Related Services programs in Texas
56 schools in Texas teach this, at certificate or associate level. 14 of them report what graduates earn two years out; the highest is $33,993 at Austin Community College District.
What this work pays in Texas
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers in Texas earn a median of $36,480 a year across 137,930 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 Texas |
|---|---|---|
| Cooks, Restaurant | $34,760 | 126,620 |
| Bartenders | $22,690 | 59,000 |
| Food Service Managers | $60,770 | 25,990 |
| Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria | $35,360 | 24,740 |
| Bakers | $33,790 | 16,710 |
Occupation wages: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, 2025.
Schools
| School | Credential | Median debt | Graduate earnings, 2 yrs | Graduates |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Austin Community College District Austin | Associate's degree | — | $33,993 (13 grads) | 27 |
| San Jacinto Community College Pasadena | Associate's degree | — | $30,771 (20 grads) | 18 |
| Tarrant County College District Fort Worth | Associate's degree | — | $28,960 (22 grads) | 13 |
| Collin County Community College District McKinney | Associate's degree | — | $28,236 (14 grads) | 24 |
| Culinary Institute Inc Houston | Associate's degree | $26,531 | $27,808 (119 grads) | 68 |
| St Philip's College San Antonio | Associate's degree | — | $26,458 (45 grads) | 43 |
| Remington College-Dallas Campus Dallas | Undergraduate certificate | $9,500 | $25,194 (11 grads) | — |
| Remington College-Houston Southeast Campus League City | Undergraduate certificate | $9,500 | $25,194 (11 grads) | — |
| Culinary Institute Inc Houston | Undergraduate certificate | $12,250 | $24,773 (49 grads) | 40 |
| Auguste Escoffier School of Culinary Arts-Austin Austin | Undergraduate certificate | $9,500 | $23,893 (305 grads) | 43 |
| Texas State Technical College Waco | Associate's degree | $11,000 | $19,719 (51 grads) | 15 |
| South Texas College McAllen | Associate's degree | — | $18,498 (13 grads) | 26 |
| Laredo College Laredo | Undergraduate certificate | — | $17,437 (14 grads) | 10 |
| South Texas College McAllen | Undergraduate certificate | — | $13,702 (13 grads) | 21 |
| Auguste Escoffier School of Culinary Arts-Austin Austin | Associate's degree | $16,880 | not published | 211 |
| Dallas College Dallas | Undergraduate certificate | $7,000 | not published | 82 |
| Dallas College Dallas | Associate's degree | — | not published | 30 |
| El Paso Community College El Paso | Associate's degree | — | not published | 20 |
| Houston City College Houston | Associate's degree | $20,327 | not published | 53 |
| Texas State Technical College Waco | Undergraduate certificate | $9,500 | not published | 23 |
| The Culinary School of Fort Worth Fort Worth | Undergraduate certificate | $9,500 | not published | 60 |
| Alvin Community College Alvin | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 15 |
| Alvin Community College Alvin | Associate's degree | — | not published | 7 |
| Austin Community College District Austin | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 21 |
| Career Schools of Texas Houston | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | — |
| Collin County Community College District McKinney | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 32 |
| Del Mar College Corpus Christi | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 0 |
| Del Mar College Corpus Christi | Associate's degree | — | not published | 15 |
| El Paso Community College El Paso | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 22 |
| Galveston College Galveston | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 13 |
| Galveston College Galveston | Associate's degree | — | not published | 1 |
| Grayson College Denison | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 22 |
| Grayson College Denison | Associate's degree | — | not published | 13 |
| Houston City College Houston | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 27 |
| Kilgore College Kilgore | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 3 |
| Kilgore College Kilgore | Associate's degree | — | not published | 2 |
| Lamar Institute of Technology Beaumont | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 18 |
| Lamar State College-Port Arthur Port Arthur | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 4 |
| Lamar State College-Port Arthur Port Arthur | Associate's degree | — | not published | 0 |
| Laredo College Laredo | Associate's degree | — | not published | 8 |
| Lee College Baytown | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 50 |
| Lee College Baytown | Associate's degree | — | not published | 18 |
| Northeast Texas Community College Mount Pleasant | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 11 |
| Northeast Texas Community College Mount Pleasant | Associate's degree | — | not published | 4 |
| Odessa College Odessa | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 34 |
| Odessa College Odessa | Associate's degree | — | not published | 18 |
| San Jacinto Community College Pasadena | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 20 |
| South Plains College Levelland | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 44 |
| South Plains College Levelland | Associate's degree | — | not published | 11 |
| St Philip's College San Antonio | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 91 |
| Tarrant County College District Fort Worth | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 32 |
| Texarkana College Texarkana | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 18 |
| Texarkana College Texarkana | Associate's degree | — | not published | 8 |
| Tyler Junior College Tyler | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 12 |
| Tyler Junior College Tyler | Associate's degree | — | not published | 8 |
| Vernon College Vernon | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | — |
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.