Undergraduate certificate · Pasadena, California
Is Culinary Arts and Related Services at Institute of Culinary Education worth it?
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The verdict · all families, in-state, half paid with loans
Earnings are reported, but there isn't enough cost data to estimate payback.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $43,260
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $50,369
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $6,439
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $10k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in CA
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Odds of finishing (school-wide)
- 71%
- Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
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The school doesn't report a net price for this income band.
No cost figure is reported, so payback and net return can't be computed.
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Culinary Arts and Related Services at other schools in California
- CET-San Jose$43,440
- Cabrillo College$41,932
- Los Angeles Trade Technical College$35,196
- Institute of Technology$31,421
- Riverside City College$21,397