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Culinary Arts & Personal Services community-college programs in Texas

38 community colleges in Texas report awarding credentials in Culinary Arts & Personal Services. Culinary, baking, hospitality, and cosmetology programs with strong placement records. The list below ranks them by share of total credentials awarded in this field — a directional measure of program scale and focus.

If you are choosing a Culinary Arts & Personal Services program in Texas, weigh program-specific accreditation, clinical or apprenticeship placement, and the institution's articulation agreements with Texas public universities (for transfer-bound students) or its local employer relationships (for occupational tracks). Within Texas published tuition tends to fall in a tight range, so the program-quality questions usually matter more than cost. The ranked list below is a useful starting point but should not substitute for a campus visit and a conversation with the program advisor.

Each college below links to a full profile with cost, enrollment, completion, and transfer numbers from the College Scorecard. Use the cost-and-aid guide for Texas and the state's transfer-outcomes guide for additional context.

  1. Auguste Escoffier School of Culinary Arts-AustinAustin100%
  2. Commonwealth Institute of Funeral ServiceHouston100%
  3. Culinary Institute IncHouston100%
  4. Dallas Institute of Funeral ServiceDallas100%
  5. Kilgore CollegeKilgore16%
  6. Northeast Texas Community CollegeMount Pleasant16%
  7. Lamar State College-Port ArthurPort Arthur12%
  8. Ranger CollegeRanger12%
  9. College of the MainlandTexas City12%
  10. Odessa CollegeOdessa8%
  11. South Plains CollegeLevelland8%
  12. Howard CollegeBig Spring8%
  13. Vernon CollegeVernon8%
  14. Hill CollegeHillsboro7%
  15. Coastal Bend CollegeBeeville7%
  16. Palo Alto CollegeSan Antonio5%
  17. Weatherford CollegeWeatherford5%
  18. Lamar Institute of TechnologyBeaumont5%
  19. Navarro CollegeCorsicana5%
  20. San Jacinto Community CollegePasadena4%
  21. McLennan Community CollegeWaco4%
  22. Houston Community CollegeHouston4%
  23. North Central Texas CollegeGainesville4%
  24. Wharton County Junior CollegeWharton4%
  25. Del Mar CollegeCorpus Christi3%
  26. Laredo CollegeLaredo2%
  27. Cisco CollegeCisco2%
  28. San Antonio CollegeSan Antonio2%
  29. El Paso Community CollegeEl Paso2%
  30. Southwest Texas CollegeUvalde2%
  31. Alvin Community CollegeAlvin2%
  32. South Texas CollegeMcAllen1%
  33. Dallas CollegeDallas1%
  34. Lone Star College SystemThe Woodlands1%
  35. Collin County Community College DistrictMcKinney1%
  36. Tyler Junior CollegeTyler1%
  37. Austin Community College DistrictAustin0%
  38. Tarrant County College DistrictFort Worth0%

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