Your Culinary Career at the CIA
Bring Your Passion for Food to Culinary School
If you, like many others, dream of having a successful culinary career doing something you really love, The Culinary Institute of America can put you on that path.
You’ll feel right at home at the CIA. Our students have one very important thing in common—a passion for food. But there’s also a rich diversity here, a sharing of different cultures and ideas among classmates who come from all walks of life:
- High school graduates eager to soak up the knowledge and skills they need for the food world.
- College transfers who have realized that they want to be in the food industry and are ready to make the switch to the CIA.
- Career advancers with a desire to broaden their career choices after working in the foodservice industry.
- Career changers who want to make a switch so they can achieve their goal of working with food.
- A whole canvass of students—from veterans to internationals to entrepreneurs to those just a year or so out of school—who simply feel it’s their time to join the amazing world of food.
No matter your background, you’ll be in good company at the CIA, where our students range in age from 18 to 64. In such a stimulating learning environment and diverse campus community, you’ll fit right in. Meet CIA students, faculty, and alumni who continue to enrich the CIA experience.
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Find Your Path at the CIA
Our comprehensive offering of degree and certificate programs, across three world-class U.S. campuses, ensures that we have the right program for you. Our degree programs are offered throughout the year, and their application process is simple and can largely be accomplished online. Our admissions counselors are available by phone, e-mail, and text to answer your questions and guide you. And you can come visit us at any campus—our schedule of information sessions gives you many options to choose from. There’s nothing quite like seeing the CIA up close and personal.
We invite you to learn about our offerings; the CIA is sure to have the right program for you. Create your account today to get more information about our programs or to start your application.
