Best Cook, All Other programs in New York, ranked by enrollment
All cooks not listed.
21 schools in New York run programs that feed this job, graduating 1,425 people a year. The job pays a median of $43,000 in New York across about 1,090 jobs (BLS OEWS May 2025).
Fields of study in New York that lead to this job
Grouped at the 4-digit CIP level. Numbers are graduates per year in this state.
3 programs in New York that lead to this job
Ranked by graduates per year in New York (IPEDS completions). Graduate earnings and debt are national College Scorecard figures reported at the 4-digit CIP level, so specializations within one field share a figure. Each program also links to its own New York page.
| # | Program | Graduates / yr | Share of pipeline | Schools | Grad earnings (1 yr) | Median debt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CIP 12.0503In New York → | 1,353 | 94.9% | 21 | $25,404 | $13,000 |
| 2 | CIP 12.0509In New York → | 54 | 3.8% | 1 | $25,404 | $13,000 |
| 3 | CIP 12.0500In New York → | 18 | 1.3% | 2 | $25,404 | $13,000 |
Top 21 schools in New York
Ranked by graduates per year into this job. Graduate earnings are reported for 9 of the 21 schools in this state.
| # | School | Graduates / yr | Top feeder program | Grad earnings (1 yr) | Grad rate | Net price | Acceptance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Institute of Culinary Education New York, NY Private for-profit · 1 feeder programs | 632 | Culinary Arts/Chef Training | $22,759 | — | — | — |
| 2 | Culinary Institute of America Hyde Park, NY Private not-for-profit · 2 feeder programs | 504 | Culinary Arts/Chef Training | $28,049 | 63% | $31,271 | 91% |
| 3 | Monroe University Bronx, NY Private for-profit · 1 feeder programs | 67 | Culinary Arts/Chef Training | $18,256 | 57% | $12,028 | 68% |
| 4 | Niagara County Community College Sanborn, NY Public · 1 feeder programs | 52 | Culinary Arts/Chef Training | $26,514 | 32% | — | — |
| 5 | Schenectady County Community College Schenectady, NY Public · 1 feeder programs | 34 | Culinary Arts/Chef Training | — | 32% | — | — |
| 6 | Monroe Community College Rochester, NY Public · 2 feeder programs | 18 | Cooking and Related Culinary Arts, General | — | 27% | — | — |
| 7 | SUNY College of Technology at Alfred Alfred, NY Public · 1 feeder programs | 14 | Culinary Arts/Chef Training | $26,598 | 55% | — | 76% |
| 8 | Nassau Community College Garden City, NY Public · 1 feeder programs | 13 | Culinary Arts/Chef Training | — | 23% | — | — |
| 9 | SUNY Adirondack Queensbury, NY Public · 1 feeder programs | 13 | Culinary Arts/Chef Training | — | 37% | — | — |
| 10 | Suffolk County Community College Selden, NY Public · 1 feeder programs | 12 | Culinary Arts/Chef Training | — | 29% | — | — |
| 11 | Erie Community College Buffalo, NY Public · 1 feeder programs | 11 | Culinary Arts/Chef Training | $15,793 | 28% | — | — |
| 12 | Finger Lakes Community College Canandaigua, NY Public · 1 feeder programs | 10 | Culinary Arts/Chef Training | — | 30% | — | — |
| 13 | Mohawk Valley Community College Utica, NY Public · 1 feeder programs | 7 | Culinary Arts/Chef Training | — | 38% | — | — |
| 14 | SUNY College of Agriculture and Technology at Cobleskill Cobleskill, NY Public · 1 feeder programs | 7 | Culinary Arts/Chef Training | $27,738 | 42% | — | 84% |
| 15 | SUNY College of Technology at Delhi Delhi, NY Public · 2 feeder programs | 7 | Culinary Arts/Chef Training | $20,213 | 45% | — | 89% |
| 16 | Tompkins Cortland Community College Dryden, NY Public · 1 feeder programs | 7 | Culinary Arts/Chef Training | — | 26% | — | — |
| 17 | SUNY Broome Community College Binghamton, NY Public · 1 feeder programs | 6 | Culinary Arts/Chef Training | — | 23% | — | — |
| 18 | Rockland Community College Suffern, NY Public · 1 feeder programs | 4 | Culinary Arts/Chef Training | — | 29% | — | — |
| 19 | Sullivan County Community College Loch Sheldrake, NY Public · 1 feeder programs | 4 | Culinary Arts/Chef Training | — | 33% | — | — |
| 20 | Cayuga County Community College Auburn, NY Public · 1 feeder programs | 2 | Culinary Arts/Chef Training | — | 30% | — | — |
| 21 | Paul Smiths College of Arts and Science Paul Smiths, NY Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs | 1 | Culinary Arts/Chef Training | $32,023 | 51% | $22,773 | 77% |
All 21 schools in New York
Every school in New York with a program that feeds this job, ordered by graduates per year. Earnings are shown for the ranked schools above; open a school profile for the rest.
| School | City | Control | Graduates / yr | Feeder programs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Institute of Culinary Education | New York | Private for-profit | 632 | 1 |
| Culinary Institute of America | Hyde Park | Private not-for-profit | 504 | 2 |
| Monroe University | Bronx | Private for-profit | 67 | 1 |
| Niagara County Community College | Sanborn | Public | 52 | 1 |
| Schenectady County Community College | Schenectady | Public | 34 | 1 |
| Monroe Community College | Rochester | Public | 18 | 2 |
| SUNY College of Technology at Alfred | Alfred | Public | 14 | 1 |
| Nassau Community College | Garden City | Public | 13 | 1 |
| SUNY Adirondack | Queensbury | Public | 13 | 1 |
| Suffolk County Community College | Selden | Public | 12 | 1 |
| Erie Community College | Buffalo | Public | 11 | 1 |
| Finger Lakes Community College | Canandaigua | Public | 10 | 1 |
| Mohawk Valley Community College | Utica | Public | 7 | 1 |
| SUNY College of Agriculture and Technology at Cobleskill | Cobleskill | Public | 7 | 1 |
| SUNY College of Technology at Delhi | Delhi | Public | 7 | 2 |
What cooks, all other earn in New York
What people already working in this job earn (BLS OEWS May 2025). Not graduate earnings.
U.S. median $37,690. New York pays above the national figure.
1.00× means the state has its expected share of these jobs.
Metro areas in New York
Job outlook
Bureau of Labor Statistics Employment Projections, 2024 to 2034.
Growth and openings are national. The Bureau of Labor Statistics does not publish employment projections at state level, so these figures describe the occupation across the whole U.S., not this state alone.
How to get in
The full skills, tools, and day-to-day breakdown lives on the national Cooks, All Other page.
How to become a Cook, All Other
- Typical entry education
- No formal educational credential
- On-the-job training
- Moderate-term on-the-job training
The same job in other states
Where else this occupation employs the most people, and what it pays there.
Related careers in New York
Every major mapped to this job
The official federal mapping behind the rankings above.
All 4 majors mapped to Cooks, All Other4 of them graduated someone in the latest IPEDS year. NCES CIP 2020 → SOC 2018 crosswalk.+
- 12.0500Cooking and Related Culinary Arts, General
- 12.0503Culinary Arts/Chef Training
- 12.0505Food Preparation/Professional Cooking/Kitchen Assistant
- 12.0509Culinary Science/Culinology
Common questions
Answers for people weighing cooks, all other programs in New York.
What degree do you need to become a Cook, All Other?+
No formal educational credential is the typical entry-level education BLS reports for this occupation. The most common program people actually graduate from is Culinary Arts/Chef Training, which awarded 1,353 degrees in New York in 2024-25, 94.9% of everyone graduating from a program that feeds this career.
Which college majors lead to becoming a Cook, All Other?+
The NCES CIP-to-SOC crosswalk maps 3 programs to this occupation. The largest are Culinary Arts and Related Services. Together they graduate about 1,425 people a year in New York.
How much do cooks, all other earn in New York?+
The median is $43,000 a year (BLS OEWS May 2025). That is 14.1% above the U.S. median of $37,690. This is pay for people already working in the occupation, not the same thing as graduate earnings one year after finishing a degree.
Is demand for cooks, all other growing?+
BLS projects a +5.5% change in employment between 2024 and 2034, faster than average, with roughly 3,700 openings a year nationally once retirements and job changes are counted.
How many schools offer programs for this career in New York?+
21 institutions in New York reported graduates from at least one of the 3 programs that feed this occupation in IPEDS 2024-25. Rankings on this page use graduates per year, because the federal data publishes no enrollment count by program.
Do you need training or experience beyond a degree?+
BLS lists 'None' for related work experience and 'Moderate-term on-the-job training' for on-the-job training typically needed to reach competency.
About the data on this page
Rankings use IPEDS completions 2024–25, degrees awarded per year. That is the closest federal measure of how many people a program puts into a career, because no federal dataset publishes enrollment by program. Wages and employment come from BLS OEWS May 2025, growth and openings from BLS Employment Projections 2024-34, and which majors lead to which jobs from the NCES CIP 2020 to SOC 2018 crosswalk. Occupation descriptions, tasks, skills and tools are O*NET 30.3 (CC BY 4.0, U.S. Department of Labor/ETA).
BLS Occupational Employment & Wage Statistics
May 2025Wages, employment counts, location quotients and metro breakdowns.
BLS Employment Projections
2024–34Projected growth, annual openings and typical entry-level education.
IPEDS Completions
2024-25 (provisional)Graduates per year by program and institution — the ranking metric.
College Scorecard, Field of Study
2020-21 cohortsMedian graduate earnings one year after completion, and median debt.
Census Post-Secondary Employment Outcomes
latest availableGraduate earnings 1/5/10 years out, where the state participates.
NCES CIP 2020 and the CIP-to-SOC 2018 crosswalk
CIP 2020 / SOC 2018Which college programs officially lead to this occupation.
O*NET Database 30.3
30.3Tasks, skills, knowledge, tools, job zone and alternate job titles.
Official source →CC BY 4.0, U.S. Department of Labor / ETA
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