Which Culinary Institute of America bachelor's program has the lowest debt?

Other Interdisciplinary Studies graduates leave with a median of $23,250 in federal loans, the lowest among 3 Culinary Institute of America bachelor's programs that report debt.

How much does Culinary Institute of America cost?

Tuition and fees are $39,850 a year for all students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $36,113 a year.

How many Culinary Institute of America programs report graduate pay?

3 bachelor's programs and one associate's program at Culinary Institute of America report first-year pay, and all of them also report federal debt.

Culinary Institute of America Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Private nonprofit school
Hyde Park, NY
3,011 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

3 Culinary Institute of America bachelor's programs report what graduates earn. Culinary Arts pays the most in the first year ($43,808), and Other Interdisciplinary Studies the least ($32,450). The median program pays $35,865. Culinary Institute of America also has one associate's program that reports pay.

Tuition and fees$39,850Per year, for all students

Average net price after aid$36,113Per year

Graduation rate63%Within 6 years

Admission rate91%Of applicants

All 3 bachelor's programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in New York" compares first-year pay with the same field's bachelor's programs across New York. Programs that don't report a figure are listed last when you sort by it.

#	Program	Year 1 pay	Year 5 pay	Debt	Rank in New York
1	Culinary ArtsAbout 108 graduates a year	$43,808	Not reported	$27,000	1st of 4
2	Hospitality ManagementAbout 225 graduates a year	$35,865	$45,707	$26,778	4th of 13
3	Other Interdisciplinary StudiesAbout 34 graduates a year	$32,450	Not reported	$23,250	4th of 6

Program names link to the program's own page, and New York ranks link to the full ranking for the field. A program gets its own page when it reports both pay and debt and at least five New York programs in the field do too.

One associate's program

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in New York" compares first-year pay with the same field's associate's programs across New York.

Program	Year 1 pay	Year 5 pay	Debt	Rank in New York
Culinary ArtsAbout 604 graduates a year	$28,049	$41,224	$12,000	2nd of 6

Program names link to the program's own page, and New York ranks link to the full ranking for the field.

Common questions

Culinary Arts graduates earn a median of $43,808 in their first year, the most of 3 Culinary Institute of America bachelor's programs that report pay.

About this data

Earnings and debt only include students who received federal financial aid, and earnings only count graduates who were working and not enrolled in more school.
Debt only includes federal loans. Private loans and credit cards are not counted.
Tuition, net price, graduation rate, and admission rate are for the whole school, not one program.
Some schools with several campuses report one combined figure for all of them. We count each of those schools once, and leave them out of New York rankings when their main campus is in another state.
Scorecard figures describe graduating classes from several years ago.

Sources

U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, field of study and institution files, June 2026 release
NCES, IPEDS tuition and fees, 2023-24, for in-district tuition labels