Private nonprofit · Hyde Park, New York

Culinary Institute of America: cost, debt and earnings by major

5 programs with reported graduate earnings. Click one for net cost, payback and 10-year return.

Average net price, all families
$34,731
AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
Odds of finishing
50%
Within 150% of normal time · Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
Admission rate
91%
Fall 2024, reported in IPEDS DCY2024-25
Undergraduates
3,011
Fall 2024, reported in IPEDS DCY2024-25
Median debt of graduates
$12,500
NSLDS FY2024, FY2025 pooled cohorts
Borrowers in default after 2 years
6.0%
NSLDS AY2016-17, AY2017-18 pooled cohorts measured in 2018-2019, 2019-2020

Net price by family income

$0–30,000$30,249
$30,001–48,000$28,776
$48,001–75,000$30,221
$75,001–110,000$37,297
$110,000+$41,403

What families paid per year after grants, AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26.