Private (for-profit)

Institute of Culinary Education

Pasadena, California·Private for-profit, 2-year·Far West·ice.edu/losangeles
6-yr Graduation
77%
Enrollment
553
peer median 365
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The Institute of Culinary Education (ICE) is a private for-profit culinary school with locations in New York City and Los Angeles, accredited by the Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges (ACCSC). It offers career training, diploma and associate degree programs in the culinary arts both in person and online. Fields of study include culinary arts, pastry and baking arts, plant-based culinary arts, restaurant and culinary management and hospitality management. The school also runs one of the largest hands-on recreational cooking, baking and beverage programs in the United States.

Graduation rate & outcomes

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

Overall completion
77%
Full-time retention
82%

Pell equity

0.0pp gap
Pell recipients
100%
Non-Pell
100%

Pell and non-Pell students graduate at nearly identical rates — a notably small equity gap.

Academic programs at ICE

Top program areas ranked by completions.

Distinct CIP programs4
UndergraduateOffered
GraduateOffered

Top program families by completions

45 total
01Personal/Culinary
45100.0%

Enrollment trends & demographics

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

Fall total
553
12-mo unduplicated
793
Undergraduate
793
Graduate
0

Gender split

Men
51%401
Women
49%392

Race / ethnicity composition

Hispanic
69.3%
White
13.3%
Asian
6.6%
Black
4.2%
Non-resident
2.6%
Two or more
2.2%
Unknown
1.3%
American Indian / Alaska Native
0.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander
0.2%

Student-faculty ratio

Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.

Student-to-faculty
16.0:1
Instructional staff (full-time equivalent)
8

ICE vs Peer comparison

The peer institutions ICE selected for federal comparison reporting.

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
SubjectInstitute of Culinary Education
77%553
American College of Healthcare and Technology
272$15,115
AMG School of Nursing
552$33,363
ATA College
23.1%193$22,680
Aviation Institute of Maintenance-Indianapolis
172$30,293
California Career Institute
73.9%628
Concorde Career College-Southaven
100.0%115$22,064
Contra Costa Medical Career College
556
Dorsey College-Dearborn
430$22,173
Galen Health Institutes-Richmond
454$40,766
Glendale Career College-North-West College-Bakersfield
493$49,781
Infinity College
179
Interactive College of Technology-Newport
101$15,239
Lamson Institute
498$24,617
Mariano Moreno Culinary Institute
108$14,004
Miller-Motte College-Tulsa
389$23,107
North-West College-Anaheim
100.0%513$31,140
North-West College-Long Beach
100.0%652$32,474
Ohio Medical Career College
129$16,023
Pima Medical Institute-San Antonio
424$21,497
Pinnacle Career Institute
619$19,024
PITC Institute
282$19,304
Premiere Career College
105$23,214
Ross College-Grand Rapids North
387$21,770
San Joaquin Valley College-Rancho Mirage
342$24,175
San Joaquin Valley College-Santa Maria
114$20,549
Southeastern College-Charlotte
93.7%252$36,058
Southern Careers Institute-Waco
185$22,657
Universal Technical Institute-South Florida Miramar
791$25,637
Valley College-Beckley
165$24,526
Peer group median77%96.8%365$22,894

Reports & documents (1)

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

Grants & funding (3)

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

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