About
Mariano Moreno Culinary Institute is a culinary school located in Miami, Florida, offering programs focused on culinary arts, pâtisserie, and baking. It provides Associate of Applied Science degrees and certificate programs with hands-on training, internships, and coursework covering various aspects of cooking, baking, and food management. The institution emphasizes the development of practical skills and is closely linked with public food service operations for real-world experience.
Graduation rate & outcomes
Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.
Pell equity
Non-Pell students graduate at a 14.0-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.
Of 2 Title IV programs, 0 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 0 fail. 2 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.
Pass / fail distribution
- Passing0 · 0.0%
- No Data2 · 100.0%
- Failing0 · 0.0%
Severity spectrum
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.
Accreditation status & history
Who accredits the institution, current standing, and any past actions.
Accrediting Council for Continuing Education and Training
Action history · 2
- Dec 2024Renewal of AccreditationAccrediting Council for Continuing Education and Training
- Apr 2022Renewal of AccreditationAccrediting Council for Continuing Education and Training
Tuition & cost
What families actually pay, broken down by family income.
Net price by family income
Negative values mean aid exceeds the published cost of attendance for that income band.
Federal aid volume & trends
Pell grants and federal Direct Loan volume disbursed to students, and how they've trended.
In AY 2024–25, 81 students received $434K in Pell grants, alongside $494K in federal Direct Loans.
Pell recipients · 5-year trend
Loan volume by type · AY 2024–25
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.
Student loan default rate
The share of student borrowers who default on federal loans within three years, against the national benchmark.
Of 0 borrowers who entered repayment, 0 (0.0%) defaulted within three years — below the 0.1% national rate.
Default rate vs national, by cohort
* 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.
Academic programs at MMCI
Top program areas ranked by completions.
Top program families by completions
Enrollment trends & demographics
Fall headcount, 12-month unduplicated enrollment, and student body composition.
Gender split
Race / ethnicity composition
Campus safety & crime statistics
Reported on-campus crimes over the last three years, including violence and hate crimes.
3-year trend
Criminal offenses by type
By location
VAWA offenses
Hate crimes by bias
No hate crimes reported.
Arrests vs disciplinary referrals
Residence-hall fires
Student-faculty ratio
Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.
MMCI vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions MMCI selected for federal comparison reporting.
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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SubjectMariano Moreno Culinary Institute | 64% | — | 108 | $14,004 | — |
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 | — | — |
Institute of Culinary Education | — | — | 553 | — | — |
Interactive College of Technology-Newport | — | — | 101 | $15,239 | — |
Lamson Institute | — | — | 498 | $24,617 | — |
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 median | 64% | 96.8% | 365 | $22,894 |
Reports & documents (1)
Dashboards, factbooks, data dictionaries, and other reference material published by the IR office.
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