You’ll find CIA alumni among the top leaders in the food and beverage industry. They’re acclaimed chefs, high-end restaurant owners and entrepreneurs, top executives at leading hospitality companies, researchers and food stylists, media personalities, cookbook authors, educators, and more. A CIA degree is your passport to a successful career in the food industry. Employers recognize our graduates as among the best in the business.
Our five undergraduate schools offer a variety of degree programs and certificates to prepare you for an outstanding career in the culinary arts.
Choose from bachelor’s degrees in: applied food studies, culinary science, food business management, and hospitality management. The CIA also offers: two-year associate degree programs in culinary arts or baking and pastry arts and an accelerated culinary arts certificate you can complete in 30 weeks