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Culinary Schools in California

Sixty eight California culinary colleges offer certificates, associate's, and bachelor's degrees in pastry and baking, culinary arts, kitchen assistance, culinary management and administration, cooking, and personal and culinary services and 3 other majors.

See the best California culinary schools and colleges left below or use the links on the right to narrow your search by program, desired diploma, or city in California.

Top 25 culinary schools in California:

1. University of Southern California

Located in Los Angeles, 1 culinary major

2. The Art Institute of California Argosy University Inland Empire

Located in San Bernardino, 6 culinary majors

3. The Art Institute of California Argosy University San Diego

Located in San Diego, 5 culinary majors

4. The Art Institute of California Argosy University Orange County

Located in Santa Ana, 5 culinary majors

5. The Art Institute of California Argosy University Los Angeles

Located in Santa Monica, 5 culinary majors

6. Orange Coast College

Located in Costa Mesa, 7 culinary majors

7. Santa Rosa Junior College

Located in Santa Rosa, 6 culinary majors

8. The Art Institute of California Argosy University San Francisco

Located in San Francisco, 4 culinary majors

9. Point Loma Nazarene University

Located in San Diego, 2 culinary majors

10. Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts Pasadena

Located in Pasadena, 7 culinary majors

11. Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts San Francisco

Located in San Francisco, 5 culinary majors

12. Cypress College

Located in Cypress, 6 culinary majors

13. The Art Institute of California Argosy University Sacramento

Located in Sacramento, 5 culinary majors

14. Long Beach City College

Located in Long Beach, 5 culinary majors

15. The Art Institute of California Argosy University Hollywood

Located in North Hollywood, 3 culinary majors

16. Glendale Community College California

Located in Glendale, 4 culinary majors

17. Los Angeles Trade Technical College

Located in Los Angeles, 3 culinary majors

18. Riverside City College

Located in Riverside, 3 culinary majors

19. College of the Desert

Located in Palm Desert, 3 culinary majors

20. Chaffey College

Located in Rancho Cucamonga, 4 culinary majors

21. Institute of Technology

Located in Clovis, 4 culinary majors

22. San Diego Culinary Institute

Located in San Diego, 2 culinary majors

23. University of Antelope Valley

Located in Lancaster, 2 culinary majors

24. City College of San Francisco

Located in San Francisco, 5 culinary majors

25. Diablo Valley College

Located in Pleasant Hill, 2 culinary majors

California culinary schools by program:

General Cooking is offered in 37 schools
Culinary Arts is offered in 11 schools
Administration and Management is offered in 44 schools
Kitchen Assistance is offered in 3 schools
Baking and Pastry is offered in 12 schools
Culinary Services is offered in 2 schools

California culinary schools by diploma:

Certificates are offered by 66 schools
Associate's Degrees are offered by 52 schools
Bachelor's Degrees are offered by 8 schools

California culinary schools by city:

Aptos: 3 programs offered in 1 school
Bakersfield: 6 programs offered in 1 school
Baldwin Park: 1 program offered in 1 school
Chula Vista: 4 programs offered in 1 school
Clovis: 4 programs offered in 1 school
Colton: 1 program offered in 1 school
Costa Mesa: 7 programs offered in 1 school
Cypress: 6 programs offered in 1 school
El Cajon: 6 programs offered in 1 school
Eureka: 2 programs offered in 1 school
Fresno: 4 programs offered in 1 school
Glendale: 4 programs offered in 1 school
Lancaster: 2 programs offered in 1 school
Lemoore: 1 program offered in 1 school
Long Beach: 5 programs offered in 1 school
Los Angeles: 6 programs offered in 3 schools
Marysville: 2 programs offered in 1 school
Merced: 2 programs offered in 1 school
Mission Viejo: 2 programs offered in 1 school
Modesto: 2 programs offered in 1 school
Monterey: 1 program offered in 1 school
North Hollywood: 3 programs offered in 1 school
Norwalk: 3 programs offered in 1 school
Oakland: 3 programs offered in 2 schools
Oceanside: 3 programs offered in 1 school
Oxnard: 4 programs offered in 1 school
Palm Desert: 3 programs offered in 1 school
Pasadena: 8 programs offered in 2 schools
Pleasant Hill: 2 programs offered in 1 school
Quincy: 1 program offered in 1 school
Rancho Cucamonga: 4 programs offered in 1 school
Redding: 4 programs offered in 1 school
Riverside: 3 programs offered in 1 school
Sacramento: 10 programs offered in 3 schools
San Bernardino: 11 programs offered in 2 schools
San Diego: 10 programs offered in 4 schools
San Francisco: 11 programs offered in 3 schools
San Jose: 1 program offered in 1 school
San Luis Obispo: 2 programs offered in 1 school
San Pablo: 3 programs offered in 1 school
Santa Ana: 5 programs offered in 1 school
Santa Barbara: 2 programs offered in 1 school
Santa Clara: 3 programs offered in 1 school
Santa Clarita: 2 programs offered in 1 school
Santa Maria: 2 programs offered in 1 school
Santa Monica: 5 programs offered in 1 school
Santa Rosa: 6 programs offered in 1 school
Sonora: 4 programs offered in 1 school
South Lake Tahoe: 3 programs offered in 1 school
Stockton: 3 programs offered in 1 school
Sylmar: 3 programs offered in 1 school
Ukiah: 1 program offered in 1 school
Victorville: 2 programs offered in 1 school
Visalia: 1 program offered in 1 school
Walnut: 1 program offered in 1 school
Wilmington: 2 programs offered in 1 school