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Professional Culinary Academy

Buffalo, New York·Private for-profit, less-than 2-year·Mid East·professionalculinaryacademy.com
Acceptance
Open admission
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6-yr Graduation
66%
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Total enrollment
17
peer median 70
Avg net price
Not reported
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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.

IPEDS
Overall completion
66%

Pell equity

Pell recipients
66%21 of 32

Source: IPEDS Graduation Rates (GR) — Pell/SSL cohort, 2024 cohort.

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 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.

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

Pass / fail distribution

1programs
  • Passing0 · 0.0%
  • No Data1 · 100.0%
  • Failing0 · 0.0%

Severity spectrum

Critical
0
Severe
0
Recoverable
0
At Risk
0
Watch
0
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.

Accreditation status & history

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

DAPIP
AccreditedInstitutional accreditor

Council on Occupational Education

Accredited since 2018Next review Dec 2024

Action history · 3

  1. Jul 2024Voluntary Withdrawal Received
    Council on Occupational Education
  2. Jul 2024Loss of Accreditation or Preaccreditation: Voluntary Withdrawal
    Council on Occupational Education
  3. Jun 2024Probation or Equivalent or a More Severe Status: Other
    Council on Occupational Education

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

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, 3 students received $7K in Pell grants.

Pell recipients
3
AY 2024–25
Pell disbursed
$7K
$7,395 total

Pell recipients · 5-year trend

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

No Direct Loan volume reported.

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

Academic programs at Professional Culinary Academy

Top program areas ranked by completions.

IPEDS
Distinct CIP programs1
UndergraduateOffered

Enrollment trends & demographics

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

IPEDS
Fall total
17
12-mo unduplicated
26
Undergraduate
26
Graduate
0

Gender split

Men
31%8
Women
69%18

Race / ethnicity composition

Black
52.9%
White
23.5%
Hispanic
23.5%

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
N/A
0 offenses · students
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
    6.0:1

    Professional Culinary Academy vs Peer comparison

    The peer institutions Professional Culinary Academy 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
    SubjectProfessional Culinary Academy
    		66%Open admission17Not reported—
    American College of Healthcare and Technology
    		—Open admission272$19,649—
    American College of Healthcare and Technology-Santa Ana
    		—Open admission51$20,090—
    Arizona Culinary Institute
    		—Open admission149$38,815—
    Brand College
    		—80.0%15No freshman cohort—
    California Healing Arts College
    		—Open admission243$21,504—
    Crescent City Bartending School
    		—Open admission570$19,311—
    Culinary Tech Center
    		—Not reported—$15,763—
    Diversified Vocational College
    		—Open admission264$21,711—
    DSDT
    		—Open admission132$25,919—
    Focus Personal Training Institute
    		—Open admission64$23,581—
    Institute of Culinary Education
    		—Open admission589$44,152—
    Kentucky Horseshoeing School
    		—Open admission31$29,405—
    Merryfield Academy
    		—Open admission70$9,096—
    Motion Picture Institute
    		No freshman cohort89.7%53No freshman cohort—
    National Personal Training Institute
    		—Open admission36$15,110—
    National Personal Training Institute-Tampa
    		—Open admission15$14,838—
    P C Age-Jersey City
    		—Open admission106$22,098—
    PC AGE-Metropark
    		—Open admission46$19,952—
    Pets Playground Grooming School
    		No freshman cohortOpen admission22$7,689—
    Ross Medical Education Center-Canton
    		—Open admission92$18,556—
    Stellar Career College
    		—Open admission46$13,083—
    Studio Jewelers
    		—Open admission74$19,698—
    The Culinary School of Fort Worth
    		—77.5%92$24,296—
    Peer group median66%80.0%70$19,952

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    IPEDS

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

    Frequently asked questions about Professional Culinary Academy

    Quick answers to the questions most often asked about Professional Culinary Academy.

    What is the acceptance rate at Professional Culinary Academy?

    Professional Culinary Academy does not have a reported acceptance rate. This institution has an open admission policy: it admits all applicants who meet basic requirements, so it does not report a selective admit rate.

    What is the graduation rate at Professional Culinary Academy?

    Professional Culinary Academy reports a 6-year graduation rate of 66% per the latest IPEDS.

    How many students attend Professional Culinary Academy?

    Professional Culinary Academy reports a total enrollment of 17 students per the latest IPEDS.

    What is the average net price at Professional Culinary Academy?

    Professional Culinary Academy does not have a reported average net price. Net-price data was not reported in the latest federal collection.

    Where is Professional Culinary Academy located?

    Professional Culinary Academy is located in Buffalo, New York 14222-1433.

    About the data on this page

    Every figure comes from an official federal or public source. Here is each one and the release it is currently on.

    IPEDSFall 2025–26 release, published July 28, 2026
    Enrollment, completions, graduation rates, tuition, financial aid, staffing, and finance for every U.S. institution in federal student aid programs.
    National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education
    College ScorecardJune 10, 2026 release (merged 2025–26 files)
    Institution and field-of-study costs, graduate earnings, debt, completion, and admissions outcomes compiled from federal aid records, tax data, and IPEDS.
    U.S. Department of Education
    FVT/GE program performanceProvisional preview, May 18, 2026 release
    Program-level debt-to-earnings and earnings-premium measures behind the FVT/GE and STATS accountability frameworks.
    U.S. Department of Education
    DAPIP accreditationContinuously refreshed
    Accreditation status for institutions and programs, reported by recognized accrediting agencies.
    U.S. Department of Education, Office of Postsecondary Education
    Federal Pell Grant & loan volumeAY 2025–26 (through Q3), through March 31, 2026
    Pell Grant and Direct Loan recipient counts, award amounts, and disbursement volume by institution and award year.
    U.S. Department of Education, Federal Student Aid
    Cohort Default RatesFY 2022 official rates
    Institution-level federal student loan default rates, measuring borrowers who default within three years of entering repayment.
    U.S. Department of Education, Federal Student Aid
    Equity in Athletics (EADA)Academic year 2024–25
    Athletics participation, coaching, revenues, and expenses by sport and gender for Title IV institutions.
    U.S. Department of Education, Office of Postsecondary Education
    Campus Safety & SecurityData through reporting year 2024
    Criminal offenses, arrests, disciplinary actions, VAWA offenses, and fire statistics reported by campus under the Clery Act.
    U.S. Department of Education, Office of Postsecondary Education
    Last reviewed July 2026All data sources & release dates →

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