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Culinary & pastry schools in Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania has 21 accredited campuses awarding culinary credentials. If you finish and work as a chef in Pennsylvania, expect to start around $39,040–$49,280 and reach a median of $63,860 with experience; the top quarter earn $81,790 or more (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, May 2025, Pennsylvania). Graduates of these Pennsylvania programs — every graduate, whatever job they took — earned a median of $26,650 in their first year, against $24,208 nationally; that is the figure used to rank campuses below.
What chefs and head cooks earn in Pennsylvania
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025; 9,170 employed in Pennsylvania. National median: $62,470.
Campuses in Pennsylvania, ranked by what their graduates earned
Cities: BethlehemBlue BellErieHarrisburgHermitageIndianaJohnstownLebanonMediaNanticokeNewtownOakdalePhiladelphiaPittsburghReadingScrantonWilliamsportYorkYoungwood
| Campus | City | Type | Grads / yr | Earnings, yr 1 | Program debt | Completion | Cost / yr |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus | Indiana | Public | 64 | $29,519 | $12,000 | not reported | not reported |
| Community College of Philadelphia | Philadelphia | Public | 12 | $29,199 | not reported | 24% | not reported |
| Jna Institute of Culinary Arts | Philadelphia | for-profit | 9 | $28,097 | $11,212 | 60% | not reported |
| Pennsylvania College of Technology | Williamsport | Public | 13 | $27,546 | $15,638 | not reported | not reported |
| Pittsburgh Technical College | Oakdale | non-profit | 28 | $27,271 | $9,500 | not reported | not reported |
| YTI Career Institute-York | York | for-profit | 21 | $26,650 | $7,667 | 45% | $20,585 |
| Walnut Hill College | Philadelphia | for-profit | 76 | $26,305 | $12,000 | not reported | not reported |
| Montgomery County Community College | Blue Bell | Public | 32 | $25,520 | $12,771 | 28% | not reported |
| Commonwealth Technical Institute | Johnstown | non-profit | 23 | $11,921 | not reported | 86% | not reported |
| Westmoreland County Community College | Youngwood | Public | 32 | not reported | not reported | 31% | not reported |
| Northampton County Area Community College | Bethlehem | Public | 13 | not reported | not reported | 24% | not reported |
| Lackawanna College | Scranton | non-profit | 12 | not reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| Laurel Technical Institute | Hermitage | for-profit | 9 | not reported | not reported | 73% | not reported |
| Luzerne County Community College | Nanticoke | Public | 9 | not reported | not reported | 23% | not reported |
| Harrisburg Area Community College | Harrisburg | Public | 6 | not reported | not reported | 21% | not reported |
| Community College of Allegheny County | Pittsburgh | Public | 5 | not reported | not reported | 24% | not reported |
| Delaware County Community College | Media | Public | 5 | not reported | not reported | 24% | not reported |
| Bucks County Community College | Newtown | Public | 4 | not reported | not reported | 32% | not reported |
| Lebanon County Area Vocational Technical School | Lebanon | Public | 1 | not reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| Mercyhurst University | Erie | non-profit | 1 | not reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| Reading Area Community College | Reading | Public | 1 | not reported | not reported | 34% | not reported |
Earnings are median wages and self-employment income reported to the IRS (W-2 and Schedule SE) for graduates who received federal aid and were working and not enrolled, measured in the calendar year after finishing. They are pay only: health insurance, retirement contributions and other benefits are not included.
Ranked by median earnings of this program's graduates one year after completion (College Scorecard field-of-study, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) 2022-23 Completions survey; College Scorecard June 2026; Database of Accredited Postsecondary Institutions and Programs (DAPIP), September 2026); campuses without a reported figure follow, by credentials awarded. "Program debt" is the median federal loan debt for graduates of this program at this campus. Completion is the campus-wide 150%-of-time rate. "Not reported" means the federal file suppresses the value for privacy.