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14 schools in Virginia offer culinary arts-related programs, compared below on official cost, completion, and earnings data. Prefer to earn while you learn? 15 registered apprenticeship programs in Virginia train culinary arts apprentices — see apprenticeships.
Occupation pay is what working culinary arts professionals in Virginia earn (all experience levels) — school "earnings" figures above are medians for each school's recent federally-aided students across all its programs, which read lower.
| School | City | Type | Net price / yr | Completion | Earnings (10 yr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rappahannock Community College | Glenns | public | $4,343 | 31.8% | $36,121 |
| Patrick & Henry Community College | Martinsville | public | $4,102 | 35.7% | $33,323 |
| Virginia Western Community College | Roanoke | public | $4,966 | 35.6% | $38,787 |
| J Sargeant Reynolds Community College | Richmond | public | $5,168 | 22.2% | $39,529 |
| Mountain Gateway Community College | Clifton Forge | public | $4,861 | 41.7% | $34,293 |
| Piedmont Virginia Community College | Charlottesville | public | $5,963 | 34.1% | $40,752 |
| Southside Virginia Community College | Alberta | public | $5,338 | 33.7% | $32,371 |
| Southwest Virginia Community College | Cedar Bluff | public | $6,005 | 35.3% | $34,221 |
| Northern Virginia Community College | Annandale | public | $9,919 | 28.5% | $53,557 |
| Central Virginia Community College | Lynchburg | public | $6,928 | 30% | $36,627 |
| Danville Community College | Danville | public | $6,669 | 33.8% | $31,664 |
| Tidewater Community College | Norfolk | public | $11,762 | 23.2% | $38,349 |
| Columbia College | Vienna | private for-profit | $10,171 | 65.8% | $22,160 |
| ECPI University | Virginia Beach | private for-profit | $22,965 | 52.6% | $42,837 |
Ranking = median earnings 10 years after entry per $1,000 of average yearly net price (methodology). Figures are institution-wide federal medians for each school as a whole — not culinary arts graduates specifically. 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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