Professional Culinary Academy
About
Professional Culinary Academy is a culinary training institution located in Buffalo, NY, offering a 600-hour accredited culinary arts program designed for entry-level employment in the hospitality and restaurant industry. The program emphasizes hands-on learning and includes a 200-hour externship component.
Graduation rate & outcomes
Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.
Program outcomes
Federal Program Performance Data: how each program's graduate earnings and debt measure up under Financial Value Transparency and Gainful Employment.
Of 1 Title IV programs, 0 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 0 fail. 1 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.
Pass / fail distribution
- Passing0 · 0.0%
- No Data1 · 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.
Council on Occupational Education
Action history · 3
- Jul 2024Voluntary Withdrawal ReceivedCouncil on Occupational Education
- Jul 2024Loss of Accreditation or Preaccreditation: Voluntary WithdrawalCouncil on Occupational Education
- Jun 2024Probation or Equivalent or a More Severe Status: OtherCouncil on Occupational Education
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, 3 students received $7K in Pell grants.
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.
Academic programs at Professional Culinary Academy
Top program areas ranked 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.
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.
Professional Culinary Academy vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions Professional Culinary Academy 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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SubjectProfessional Culinary Academy | 66% | — | 17 | $37,471 | — |
American College of Healthcare and Technology | — | — | 272 | $15,115 | — |
American College of Healthcare and Technology-Santa Ana | — | — | 51 | $14,794 | — |
Arizona Culinary Institute | — | — | 149 | $37,938 | — |
Brand College | — | 80.0% | 15 | — | — |
California Healing Arts College | — | — | 243 | $19,024 | — |
Crescent City Bartending School | — | — | 570 | $19,078 | — |
Culinary Tech Center | — | — | — | $15,763 | — |
Diversified Vocational College | — | — | 264 | $21,444 | — |
DSDT | — | — | 132 | $25,919 | — |
Focus Personal Training Institute | — | — | 64 | $18,870 | — |
Institute of Culinary Education | — | — | 589 | — | — |
Kentucky Horseshoeing School | — | — | 31 | $30,111 | — |
Merryfield Academy | — | — | 70 | $10,019 | — |
Motion Picture Institute | — | 89.7% | 53 | — | — |
National Personal Training Institute | — | — | 36 | $12,583 | — |
National Personal Training Institute-Tampa | — | — | 15 | $13,709 | — |
P C Age-Jersey City | — | — | 106 | $22,327 | — |
PC AGE-Metropark | — | — | 46 | $22,528 | — |
Pets Playground Grooming School | — | — | 22 | — | — |
Ross Medical Education Center-Canton | — | — | 92 | $26,387 | — |
Stellar Career College | — | — | 46 | $13,155 | — |
Studio Jewelers | — | — | 74 | $9,590 | — |
The Culinary School of Fort Worth | — | 77.5% | 92 | $23,861 | — |
| Peer group median | 66% | 80.0% | 70 | $19,051 |
Reports & documents (1)
Dashboards, factbooks, data dictionaries, and other reference material published by the IR office.
Frequently asked questions about Professional Culinary Academy
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