Special Focus Two-Year: Arts & DesignPrivate (for-profit)

Auguste Escoffier School of Culinary Arts-Austin

Austin, Texas·Private for-profit, 2-year·Southwest·escoffier.edu
6-yr Graduation
70%
—
Total enrollment
305
peer median 181
Avg net price
$20,738
-$3.3k vs Special Focus Two-Year: Arts & Design
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About

Auguste Escoffier School of Culinary Arts is a private culinary school with campuses in Boulder, Colorado, Austin, Texas, and online. The school offers culinary arts, pastry arts, hospitality, food entrepreneurship, holistic nutrition and wellness, and plant-based programs. It is named after Auguste Escoffier, a French chef who the Tampa Bay Times calls "the father of modern haute cuisine", and owned by Triumph Higher Education group.

Graduation rate & outcomes

Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.

IPEDS
Overall completion
70%
Full-time retention
76%

Pell equity

30.0pp gap
Pell recipients
57%
Non-Pell
87%

Non-Pell students graduate at a 30.0-point higher rate than Pell recipients.

Program outcomes

Federal Program Performance Data: how each program's graduate earnings and debt measure up under Financial Value Transparency and Gainful Employment.

FVT/GE

Of 2 Title IV programs, 1 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 0 fail. 1 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.

Total programs
2
Passing
1
50.0% of portfolio
Failing (GE)
0
0.0% of portfolio
Fail rate
0.0%
-0.6pp vs 0.6% national

Pass / fail distribution

2programs
  • Passing1 · 50.0%
  • No Data1 · 50.0%
  • Failing0 · 0.0%

Severity spectrum

Critical
0
Severe
0
Recoverable
0
At Risk
0
Watch
1
Safe
0
No data
1

Tiers band programs by how far graduate earnings sit above or below the benchmark, from Critical (below −15%) through Safe (above +25%). No data means earnings were privacy-suppressed.

Earnings premium gap

Graduate earnings versus the federal benchmark, worst gaps first.

1
Culinary Arts and Related Services
Associate Degree · Personal And Culinary Services
+16.0%
$38,626 vs $33,298

Debt vs earnings

Median completer debt against median graduate earnings, highest burden first.

2
Culinary Arts and Related Services
Associate Degree · Personal And Culinary Services
46%
$17,939 debt · $38,626 earn
Culinary Arts and Related Services
Undergraduate Certificate · Personal And Culinary Services
27%
$9,500 debt · $34,677 earn

Accreditation status & history

Who accredits the institution, current standing, and any past actions.

DAPIP
AccreditedInstitutional accreditor

Council on Occupational Education

Accredited since 2002Next review Dec 2030

Action history · 6

  1. Jun 2025Heightened Monitoring or Focused Review
    Council on Occupational Education
  2. Dec 2024Renewal of Accreditation
    Council on Occupational Education
  3. Mar 2024Approved for Distance Education
    Council on Occupational Education
  4. Dec 2023Approved for Distance Education
    Council on Occupational Education
  5. Mar 2021Renewal of Accreditation
    Council on Occupational Education

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Tuition & cost

What families actually pay, broken down by family income.

College Scorecard

Net price by family income

Aid exceeds costFamily pays
$0–30k$19,540
$30–48k$19,698
$48–75k$21,497
$75–110k$23,674
$110k+$24,133

Negative values mean aid exceeds the published cost of attendance for that income band.

Avg net price (private)
$20,738
-$3,298vs Special Focus Two-Year: Arts & Design median $24,037
Federal loans
67.8%

Federal aid volume & trends

Pell grants and federal Direct Loan volume disbursed to students, and how they've trended.

Federal Student Aid

In AY 2024–25, 248 students received $1.5M in Pell grants, alongside $1.9M in federal Direct Loans.

Pell recipients
248
AY 2024–25
Pell disbursed
$1.5M
$1,499,372 total
Direct Loans
$1.9M
350 loan awards

Pell recipients · 5-year trend

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0k
’21
0k
’22
0k
’23
0k
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Loan volume by type · AY 2024–25

Subsidized$587K
151 loan awards
Unsubsidized · UG$737K
159 loan awards
Parent PLUS$600K
40 loan awards

Loan awards count each loan type a student holds, not unique borrowers; one student may carry several (e.g. subsidized and unsubsidized), so the per-type figures are the reliable detail.

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Student loan default rate

The share of student borrowers who default on federal loans within three years, against the national benchmark.

Cohort Default Rate

Of 264 borrowers who entered repayment, 3 (1.1%) defaulted within three years — below the 2.3% national rate.

Default rate
1.1%
-1.2pp vs 2.3% national
Borrowers in repayment
264
Defaulted
3
Measurement window
3 years
Federal CDR standard

Default rate vs national, by cohort

2016
10.8%
2017
14.8%
2018
4.4%
2019
1.1%
2020*
0.0%
This institutionNational rate

* Cohorts 2020 and later read near 0% because the federal COVID-19 payment pause (CARES Act) suspended defaults nationwide. These years reflect a national policy, not institutional performance; the 2019 cohort is the last measured under normal repayment.

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Academic programs at Escoffier

Top program areas ranked by completions.

IPEDS
Distinct CIP programs2
UndergraduateOffered
GraduateOffered

Top program families by completions

186 total completions
01Personal/Culinary
186100.0%

Enrollment trends & demographics

Fall headcount, 12-month unduplicated enrollment, and student body composition.

IPEDS
Fall total
305
12-mo unduplicated
470
Undergraduate
470
Graduate
0

Gender split

Men
53%248
Women
47%222

Race / ethnicity composition

White
37.9%
Hispanic
28.0%
Black
23.7%
Asian
3.8%
Two or more
3.0%
American Indian / Alaska Native
1.3%
Unknown
1.3%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander
1.1%

Campus safety & crime statistics

Reported on-campus crimes over the last three years, including violence and hate crimes.

Clery Act
Criminal offenses · per 1,000 students
0.00
0 offenses · 437 students

3-year trend

0.002 yrs ago0.001 yr ago0.00Latest
Offenses · 3-yr
0
Last three years
VAWA · 3-yr
0
DV, dating, stalking
Hate crimes · 3-yr
0
Res-hall fires · 3-yr
0

Criminal offenses by type

No criminal offenses reported.

By location

0total

    VAWA offenses

    0
    Domestic violence
    0
    Dating violence
    0
    Stalking
    0 total under the Violence Against Women Act.

    Hate crimes by bias

    No hate crimes reported.

    Arrests vs disciplinary referrals

    CategoryArrestsReferrals
    Weapons00
    Drugs00
    Liquor00

    Residence-hall fires

    No residence-hall fires reported.

    Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

    Student-faculty ratio

    Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.

    IPEDS
    Student-to-faculty
    23.0:1
    Instructional staff (full-time equivalent)
    11

    Escoffier vs Peer comparison

    The peer institutions Escoffier selected for federal comparison reporting.

    IPEDS
    GraduationRetentionSelectivityEnrollmentAffordabilityYield
    This institutionPeer median

    A larger shape on any axis means this institution outperforms its peers on that dimension. For acceptance rate and net price, lower raw values are inverted so "more selective" and "more affordable" appear larger.

    Carnegie
    SubjectAuguste Escoffier School of Culinary Arts-Austin
    		70%—305$20,738Special Focus Two-Year: Arts & Design
    Auguste Escoffier School of Culinary Arts-Boulder
    		——8,504$12,193Special Focus Two-Year: Arts & Design
    Culinary Institute Inc
    		——316$26,470Special Focus Two-Year: Arts & Design
    Delta College of Arts & Technology
    		——326$19,590Special Focus Two-Year: Arts & Design
    Douglas Education Center
    		——178$26,922Special Focus Two-Year: Arts & Design
    FINE Mortuary College
    		—76.5%185—Special Focus Two-Year: Arts & Design
    Jna Institute of Culinary Arts
    		——15$16,679Special Focus Two-Year: Arts & Design
    KD Conservatory College of Film and Dramatic Arts
    		—68.2%70$24,148Special Focus Two-Year: Arts & Design
    Louisiana Culinary Institute
    		—37.5%77$29,765Special Focus Two-Year: Arts & Design
    MediaTech Institute-Dallas
    		——217$18,860Special Focus Two-Year: Arts & Design
    MediaTech Institute-Houston
    		——62$16,906Special Focus Two-Year: Arts & Design
    Miami Media School
    		—100.0%28$30,528Special Focus Two-Year: Arts & Design
    New York Conservatory for Dramatic Arts
    		—42.8%251$39,413Special Focus Two-Year: Arts & Design
    San Francisco Film School
    		——127$31,029Special Focus Two-Year: Arts & Design
    Theatre of Arts
    		—100.0%10—Special Focus Two-Year: Arts & Design
    Worsham College of Mortuary Science
    		—92.0%183$23,925Special Focus Two-Year: Arts & Design
    Peer group median70%76.5%181$24,037

    Reports & documents (1)

    Dashboards, factbooks, data dictionaries, and other reference material published by the IR office.

    Grants & funding (16)

    Federal grant awards and open funding opportunities awarded to this institution.

    USA Spending

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    Quick answers to the questions most often asked about Escoffier.

    What is the graduation rate at Auguste Escoffier School of Culinary Arts-Austin?

    Auguste Escoffier School of Culinary Arts-Austin reports a 6-year graduation rate of 70% per the latest IPEDS.

    How many students attend Auguste Escoffier School of Culinary Arts-Austin?

    Auguste Escoffier School of Culinary Arts-Austin reports a total enrollment of 305 students per the latest IPEDS.

    What is the average net price at Auguste Escoffier School of Culinary Arts-Austin?

    The average net price at Auguste Escoffier School of Culinary Arts-Austin is $20,738 per the latest College Scorecard. Net price is the published cost of attendance minus grant aid.

    Where is Auguste Escoffier School of Culinary Arts-Austin located?

    Auguste Escoffier School of Culinary Arts-Austin is located in Austin, Texas 78752.

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