Accredited culinary and hospitality schools by state
749 culinary and hospitality programs at accredited schools, approved for WIOA funding
That is 83% of the 900 culinary and hospitality programs that states have approved for workforce funding. The schools are on the US Department of Education's list of accredited schools. The Department doesn't accredit schools itself: it reviews accrediting agencies and lists the ones it recognizes as reliable judges of the quality of the education they accredit.1
WIOA funding doesn't require accreditation: besides colleges, a state can approve other public and private training providers.2 Funding comes through your own state's list, so pick your state below.
Culinary and hospitality programs by state, accredited or not, with costs and results
Accredited culinary and hospitality schools in each state
- Arkansas6accredited schools, 12 programs
- California28accredited schools, 60 programs
- Colorado6accredited schools, 43 programs
- Florida34accredited schools, 56 programs
- Georgia11accredited schools, 33 programs
- Illinois10accredited schools, 20 programs
- Iowa7accredited schools, 14 programs
- Louisiana9accredited schools, 13 programs
- Maryland5accredited schools, 11 programs
- Michigan12accredited schools, 29 programs
- Minnesota9accredited schools, 29 programs
- Mississippi8accredited schools, 12 programs
- Missouri18accredited schools, 37 programs
- New Mexico5accredited schools, 10 programs
- North Carolina15accredited schools, 20 programs
- Ohio11accredited schools, 44 programs
- Puerto Rico9accredited schools, 24 programs
- Tennessee12accredited schools, 15 programs
- Texas5accredited schools, 8 programs
- Utah9accredited schools, 10 programs
- Virginia10accredited schools, 14 programs
- Washington18accredited schools, 55 programs
- Wisconsin16accredited schools, 54 programs
Fewer than 5 accredited schools, so no page of their own: Alabama (1), Alaska (3), Arizona (4), Connecticut (3), Delaware (2), Hawaii (3), Indiana (2), Kansas (4), Kentucky (3), Maine (4), Massachusetts (3), Nebraska (4), Nevada (3), New Hampshire (1), New Jersey (4), New York (4), North Dakota (1), Northern Mariana Islands (1), Oklahoma (1), Oregon (1), Pennsylvania (3), South Carolina (1), South Dakota (3), Wyoming (3). Their programs are on each field's state page, with an "Accredited school" filter.
Accredited culinary and hospitality programs by field
- Culinary school488of 606 programs at accredited schools
- Hospitality management programs261of 294 programs at accredited schools
Programs approved for WIOA funding in any state. Fields with a link have a page of accredited programs by state.
How the accredited food and hospitality schools were found
Which programs are counted?
Programs that states approved for WIOA funding, from the US Department of Labor's file for program year 2024 (July 2024 to June 2025).3 The two lists share no ID number, so we matched each school by its website and name in the same state, and checked every unclear case by hand. A school that only hosts a college's classes doesn't count as the college.
How current is the accreditation?
We read the Department's list of October 24, 2026 and count only current accreditation. The Department notes that agencies report this information, that it isn't audited, and that the agency itself has the latest status.1
Sources for the accreditation facts about culinary and hospitality programs
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- US Department of Education, Database of Accredited Postsecondary Institutions and Programs (DAPIP), data files of 2026-10-24
- 20 CFR 680.410, What is an eligible training provider? (eCFR)
- US Department of Labor, Training and Employment Guidance Letter 8-19, Attachment I: Requirements for Training Providers, Program Eligibility, and the State Eligible Training Provider (ETP) List