2025 Best Culinary Arts/Chef Training Schools in the Far Western US Region
4Colleges in the Far Western US Region
544Culinary Arts/Chef Training Degrees Awarded
Culinary Arts/Chef Training is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #168 most popular degree program in the country. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.
College Factual looked at 4 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Culinary Arts/Chef Training Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 544 degrees in culinary arts/chef training to qualified students.
Choosing a Great Culinary Arts/Chef Training School
The culinary arts/chef training program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Culinary Arts/Chef Training rankings. We derive our Best Overall Culinary Arts/Chef Training School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
Culinary Arts/Chef Training Rankings by Degree Level
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Best Schools for Culinary Arts/Chef Training in the Far Western US Region
The schools below may not offer all types of culinary arts/chef training degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
Top Far Western US Region Schools in Culinary Arts/Chef Training
Every student who is interested in culinary arts/chef training has to look into Southwestern Oregon Community College. SWOCC is a small public college located in the town of Coos Bay. This college ranks 15th out of 29 colleges for overall quality in the state of Oregon.
There were approximately 24 culinary arts/chef training students who graduated with this degree at SWOCC in the most recent year we have data available.
Spokane Community College is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in culinary arts/chef training. Located in the midsize city of Spokane, Spokane Community College is a public college with a medium-sized student population. This college ranks 25th out of 50 colleges for overall quality in the state of Washington.
There were approximately 19 culinary arts/chef training students who graduated with this degree at Spokane Community College in the most recent data year.
Every student pursuing a degree in culinary arts/chef training needs to look into College of Southern Nevada. Located in the large city of Las Vegas, CSN is a public college with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #500 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means CSN is a great college overall.
There were about 63 culinary arts/chef training students who graduated with this degree at CSN in the most recent year we have data available.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).