Program Payoff

Culinary Arts and Related Services programs in Utah

12 schools in Utah teach this, at certificate or associate level. 3 of them report what graduates earn two years out; the highest is $25,194 at Salt Lake Community College.

What this work pays in Utah

First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers in Utah earn a median of $38,750 a year across 13,670 jobs. That is what the occupation pays everyone in it — not what graduates of any one program below earned.

Also leads toMedianJobs in Utah
Cooks, Restaurant$36,49010,520
Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria$38,2005,610
Postsecondary Teachers, All Other$61,3703,640
Bartenders$32,1503,350
Bakers$36,6703,190

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

Schools

SchoolCredentialMedian debtGraduate earnings, 2 yrsGraduates
Salt Lake Community College Salt Lake City Associate's degree $25,194 (16 grads) 22
Utah Valley University Orem Associate's degree $25,194 (32 grads) 41
Mountainland Technical College Lehi Undergraduate certificate $20,530 (21 grads) 37
Bridgerland Technical College Logan Undergraduate certificate not published 17
Davis Technical College Kaysville Undergraduate certificate not published 47
Dixie Technical College Saint George Undergraduate certificate not published 15
Ogden-Weber Technical College Ogden Undergraduate certificate not published 10
Salt Lake Community College Salt Lake City Undergraduate certificate not published 1
Southern Utah University Cedar City Associate's degree not published 1
Southwest Technical College Cedar City Undergraduate certificate not published 13
Uintah Basin Technical College Roosevelt Undergraduate certificate not published 23
Utah Valley University Orem 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.

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