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Culinary & pastry schools in New York
New York has 27 accredited campuses awarding culinary credentials. If you finish and work as a chef in New York, expect to start around $46,260–$55,070 and reach a median of $70,670 with experience; the top quarter earn $93,240 or more (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, May 2025, New York). Graduates of these New York programs — every graduate, whatever job they took — earned a median of $26,631 in their first year, against $24,208 nationally; that is the figure used to rank campuses below.
What chefs and head cooks earn in New York
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025; 17,430 employed in New York. National median: $62,470.
Campuses in New York, ranked by what their graduates earned
Cities: AlfredAuburnBinghamtonBronxBrooklynBuffaloCanandaiguaCobleskillDelhiDrydenGarden CityHyde ParkLoch SheldrakeMorrisvilleNew YorkPaul SmithsQueensburyRochesterSanbornSchenectadySeldenSuffernSyracuseUticaValhallaWhite Plains
| Campus | City | Type | Grads / yr | Earnings, yr 1 | Program debt | Completion | Cost / yr |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Culinary Institute of America | Hyde Park | non-profit | 628 | $33,210 | $12,000 | not reported | not reported |
| Institute of Culinary Education | New York | for-profit | 655 | $31,113 | $6,439 | not reported | not reported |
| Suffolk County Community College | Selden | Public | 31 | $31,057 | not reported | 29% | not reported |
| Schenectady County Community College | Schenectady | Public | 34 | $28,628 | not reported | 32% | not reported |
| Sullivan County Community College | Loch Sheldrake | Public | 3 | $27,170 | not reported | 33% | not reported |
| SUNY College of Technology at Delhi | Delhi | Public | 13 | $26,631 | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| Paul Smiths College of Arts and Science | Paul Smiths | non-profit | 6 | $26,230 | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| SUNY College of Technology at Alfred | Alfred | Public | 20 | $25,786 | $12,000 | not reported | not reported |
| CUNY Kingsborough Community College | Brooklyn | Public | 34 | $24,671 | not reported | 28% | not reported |
| Niagara County Community College | Sanborn | Public | 73 | $24,239 | $11,970 | 32% | not reported |
| Monroe College | Bronx | for-profit | 55 | $23,290 | $12,030 | not reported | not reported |
| Erie Community College | Buffalo | Public | 17 | $21,435 | $6,439 | 28% | not reported |
| Culinary Tech Center | White Plains | for-profit | 43 | not reported | $6,333 | not reported | not reported |
| Professional Culinary Academy | Buffalo | for-profit | 26 | not reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| SUNY Adirondack | Queensbury | Public | 18 | not reported | not reported | 37% | not reported |
| Nassau Community College | Garden City | Public | 15 | not reported | not reported | 23% | not reported |
| SUNY Westchester Community College | Valhalla | Public | 11 | not reported | not reported | 25% | not reported |
| Mohawk Valley Community College | Utica | Public | 10 | not reported | not reported | 38% | not reported |
| Onondaga Community College | Syracuse | Public | 8 | not reported | not reported | 27% | not reported |
| Finger Lakes Community College | Canandaigua | Public | 6 | not reported | not reported | 30% | not reported |
| Rockland Community College | Suffern | Public | 6 | not reported | not reported | 29% | not reported |
| Tompkins Cortland Community College | Dryden | Public | 6 | not reported | not reported | 26% | not reported |
| Monroe Community College | Rochester | Public | 5 | not reported | not reported | 27% | not reported |
| SUNY Morrisville | Morrisville | Public | 5 | not reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| SUNY College of Agriculture and Technology at Cobleskill | Cobleskill | Public | 4 | not reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| Cayuga County Community College | Auburn | Public | 3 | not reported | not reported | 30% | not reported |
| SUNY Broome Community College | Binghamton | Public | 2 | not reported | not reported | 23% | not reported |
Earnings are median wages and self-employment income reported to the IRS (W-2 and Schedule SE) for graduates who received federal aid and were working and not enrolled, measured in the calendar year after finishing. They are pay only: health insurance, retirement contributions and other benefits are not included.
Ranked by median earnings of this program's graduates one year after completion (College Scorecard field-of-study, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) 2022-23 Completions survey; College Scorecard June 2026; Database of Accredited Postsecondary Institutions and Programs (DAPIP), September 2026); campuses without a reported figure follow, by credentials awarded. "Program debt" is the median federal loan debt for graduates of this program at this campus. Completion is the campus-wide 150%-of-time rate. "Not reported" means the federal file suppresses the value for privacy.