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Culinary school in the US Virgin Islands

7 culinary programs with costs, results and funding that can make them free

3 schools offer these culinary arts programs, and the US Virgin Islands has approved every one for workforce funding. Each shows its price if you pay yourself and how past students did. One school runs 5 of these 7 programs, so the typical figures lean heavily on its prices and results.

Chefs and head cooks run the daily food preparation in restaurants and other places that serve food. Most start with a high school diploma and kitchen experience; some go through a culinary program at a community college, technical school or culinary school, and others learn in an apprenticeship.1

In the US Virgin Islands, 4 of the 7 programs take students without a high school diploma and 3 ask for a diploma or equivalent.

All 7 are the same kind of program: cooking and kitchen job training.

See the 7 programs

How much does culinary school cost in the US Virgin Islands?

$400 to $3,697 is what most culinary programs in the US Virgin Islands cost if you pay yourself

That is the middle half of the 7 programs with a price. All of them: $400 to $5,000

In the typical program

Finished the program
Not enough data
2 programs report it; a typical figure needs 5
Working 6 months later
Not enough data
1 program reports it; a typical figure needs 5
Earned a year, estimated
Not enough data
1 program reports it; a typical figure needs 5
Length
18 weeks

Source: US Department of Labor, program year 2024 (July 2024 to June 2025). Only programs approved for workforce funding are listed; other schools in the US Virgin Islands may also offer culinary school. How these figures are made

Is there free culinary school in the US Virgin Islands?

Who qualifies, and other ways to pay: financial aid, grants and the GI Bill

All 7 culinary programs in the US Virgin Islands approved for WIOA funding

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7 programs

  • Cooking and kitchen job trainingIn personHigh school diploma or equivalent

    Culinary Arts I - (STT)

    VI Department of Education

    St Thomas

    High school diploma or equivalent

    VI Department of Education, St ThomasCooking and kitchen job trainingIn person · High school diploma or equivalent

    Earned a year, estimated$28,500
    Price if you pay yourself$400

    14 students trained with WIOA funding

    More details about Culinary Arts I - (STT) at VI Department of Education
    Finished
    75%
    Working at 6 months
    75%
    Earned in a quarter
    $7,136
    Length
    16 weeks, 9 hours a week
    Cost of supplies
    $250
    Students counted
    15
    Earned a year, estimated
    $28,500
    Price if you pay yourself
    $400
    students trained with WIOA funding
    14

  • Cooking and kitchen job trainingIn personHigh school diploma or equivalent

    (STT) - Culinary Program-Certified Fundamentals Cook-Beginner

    Uvi Cell

    St Thomas

    High school diploma or equivalent

    Uvi Cell, St ThomasCooking and kitchen job trainingIn person · High school diploma or equivalent

    Earned a year, estimatedNot reported
    Price if you pay yourself$4,500

    15 students trained with WIOA funding

    More details about (STT) - Culinary Program-Certified Fundamentals Cook-Beginner at Uvi Cell
    Finished
    89%
    Working at 6 months
    Not reported
    Earned in a quarter
    Not reported
    Length
    29 weeks, 17 hours a week
    Cost of supplies
    None listed
    Students counted
    15
    Earned a year, estimated
    Not reported
    Price if you pay yourself
    $4,500
    students trained with WIOA funding
    15

  • Cooking and kitchen job trainingIn personNo diploma needed

    Culinary Arts II - (STT)

    VI Department of Education

    St Thomas

    No diploma needed

    VI Department of Education, St ThomasCooking and kitchen job trainingIn person · No diploma needed

    Earned a year, estimatedNot reported
    Price if you pay yourself$400
    More details about Culinary Arts II - (STT) at VI Department of Education
    Finished
    Not reported
    Working at 6 months
    Not reported
    Earned in a quarter
    Not reported
    Length
    18 weeks, 7 hours a week
    Cost of supplies
    $250
    Students counted
    Not reported
    Earned a year, estimated
    Not reported
    Price if you pay yourself
    $400

  • Cooking and kitchen job trainingIn personNo diploma needed

    Culinary Arts III - (STT)

    VI Department of Education

    St Thomas

    No diploma needed

    VI Department of Education, St ThomasCooking and kitchen job trainingIn person · No diploma needed

    Earned a year, estimatedNot reported
    Price if you pay yourself$400
    More details about Culinary Arts III - (STT) at VI Department of Education
    Finished
    Not reported
    Working at 6 months
    Not reported
    Earned in a quarter
    Not reported
    Length
    18 weeks, 5 hours a week
    Cost of supplies
    $250
    Students counted
    Not reported
    Earned a year, estimated
    Not reported
    Price if you pay yourself
    $400

  • Cooking and kitchen job trainingIn personNo diploma needed

    Culinary Arts IV -(STT)

    VI Department of Education

    St Thomas

    No diploma needed

    VI Department of Education, St ThomasCooking and kitchen job trainingIn person · No diploma needed

    Earned a year, estimatedNot reported
    Price if you pay yourself$400
    More details about Culinary Arts IV -(STT) at VI Department of Education
    Finished
    Not reported
    Working at 6 months
    Not reported
    Earned in a quarter
    Not reported
    Length
    18 weeks, 5 hours a week
    Cost of supplies
    $250
    Students counted
    Not reported
    Earned a year, estimated
    Not reported
    Price if you pay yourself
    $400

  • Cooking and kitchen job trainingIn personNo diploma needed

    Commercial Baking and Cake Decoration (Culinary Art) - STX

    VI Department of Education

    St Thomas

    No diploma needed

    VI Department of Education, St ThomasCooking and kitchen job trainingIn person · No diploma needed

    Earned a year, estimatedNot reported
    Price if you pay yourself$2,893
    More details about Commercial Baking and Cake Decoration (Culinary Art) - STX at VI Department of Education
    Finished
    Not reported
    Working at 6 months
    Not reported
    Earned in a quarter
    Not reported
    Length
    18 weeks, 12 hours a week
    Cost of supplies
    $107
    Students counted
    Not reported
    Earned a year, estimated
    Not reported
    Price if you pay yourself
    $2,893

  • Cooking and kitchen job trainingHybridHigh school diploma or equivalent

    TAP Culinary and Hospitality Education and Training Program - STT

    The Turn Around Place (TAP)

    Chesapeake, VA

    High school diploma or equivalent

    The Turn Around Place (TAP), Chesapeake, VACooking and kitchen job trainingHybrid · High school diploma or equivalent

    Classes are outside US Virgin Islands; US Virgin Islands approved the program for its funding.

    Earned a year, estimatedNot reported
    Price if you pay yourself$5,000
    More details about TAP Culinary and Hospitality Education and Training Program - STT at The Turn Around Place (TAP)
    Finished
    Not reported
    Working at 6 months
    Not reported
    Earned in a quarter
    Not reported
    Length
    Not reported
    Cost of supplies
    None listed
    Students counted
    Not reported
    Earned a year, estimated
    Not reported
    Price if you pay yourself
    $5,000

How to pay for culinary school in the US Virgin Islands

WIOA funding can pay for culinary school in the US Virgin Islands

Every program on this page is approved for it. Whether you qualify, how much your local area pays and how to apply are on our page Does WIOA pay for job training?

Financial aid and grants for culinary school

Most students can get federal student aid for college, career school or trade school. A Federal Pell Grant, unlike a loan, usually doesn't have to be repaid. Ask the school whether its program qualifies.67

GI Bill for culinary school

Veterans, service members and qualified dependents can use GI Bill benefits for non-college training programs.8

The program list does not show which programs accept these. Ask the school.

Quick facts: Culinary school in the US Virgin Islands

programs with a price cost under $1,000
4 of 7
lowest typical price among the states with enough programs to compare
1st of 28
culinary programs here, against the typical state's 8
7 vs 8

State comparisons use the same figures as the culinary school by state table: the middle program of each state, and only states with three or more schools for prices. Source: US Department of Labor, program year 2024 (July 2024 to June 2025).

Other training in the US Virgin Islands

Where the US Virgin Islands culinary arts program numbers come from

Which the US Virgin Islands culinary arts programs are on this list?

These are the culinary arts programs the US Virgin Islands approved for WIOA funding (public workforce funding under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act), as reported to the US Department of Labor for program year 2024 (July 2024 to June 2025). Each state keeps its approved programs on an eligible training provider list (ETPL).9 The list here covers programs approved as of June 30, 2025. Schools that never applied for approval are missing, so this is a part of what the US Virgin Islands offers.

How the prices and results of the US Virgin Islands culinary arts programs are measured

Prices are tuition and required fees for someone paying without workforce funding, as the school reported them; check the current price with the school. Results describe students who left each program in recent years, so they are no guarantee, and the yearly earnings are the reported quarter times four, an estimate. A program without a "Trained with WIOA funding" line may still take WIOA students. Where a field was left empty or withheld, the page says "Not reported", and "Left out" where a figure was filed but failed one of our checks; nothing is estimated to fill a gap. Where the numbers come from explains each figure in full.

Sources for the facts about culinary school in the US Virgin Islands

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  1. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Outlook Handbook: Chefs and Head Cooks
  2. US Department of Labor, TrainingProviderResults.gov: About This Site
  3. US Department of Labor: WIOA Adult Program
  4. Code of Federal Regulations, title 20, part 680, sections 680.220, 680.230 and 680.310: career services before training, other grants such as Pell Grants first, and limits on Individual Training Accounts (GovInfo, 2024 edition)
  5. US Department of Labor: American Job Centers
  6. US Department of Education, Federal Student Aid: Eligibility for Federal Student Aid
  7. US Department of Education, Federal Student Aid: Don't Miss Out on Federal Pell Grants
  8. US Department of Veterans Affairs: GI Bill benefits for non-college degree programs
  9. 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