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Culinary Arts Schools in Iowa

8 schools in Iowa offer culinary arts-related programs, compared below on official cost, completion, and earnings data. Prefer to earn while you learn? 6 registered apprenticeship sponsors in Iowa train culinary arts apprentices — see apprenticeships.

Schools in Iowa
8
Median net price / yr (Iowa)
$10,199
national: $8,331
Median earnings (Iowa)
$41,013
national: $38,801
Apprenticeship sponsors
6
earn while training

Schools, ranked by earnings per tuition dollar

SchoolCityTypeNet price / yrCompletionEarnings (10 yr)
Marshalltown Community CollegeMarshalltownpublic$8,05933.1%$41,010
Western Iowa Tech Community CollegeSioux Citypublic$8,77051.3%$40,473
Iowa Central Community CollegeFort Dodgepublic$9,32835.8%$42,046
Kirkwood Community CollegeCedar Rapidspublic$9,70532.1%$41,016
Indian Hills Community CollegeOttumwapublic$10,69342.8%$40,507
Des Moines Area Community CollegeAnkenypublic$11,17128%$41,018
Iowa Western Community CollegeCouncil Bluffspublic$14,62930.8%$42,793
Eastern Iowa Community College DistrictDavenportpublic$14,01735.6%$39,060

Ranking = median earnings 10 years after entry per $1,000 of average yearly net price (methodology). Schools without both figures sort last — "not reported" means the federal dataset lacks the value, not that the school is bad.

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Data: U.S. Dept of Education College Scorecard (most recent release, pulled July 2026) + U.S. Dept of Labor apprenticeship.gov. Methodology & provenance. Independent site — not affiliated with any government agency.