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Summary
Culinary Institute of America is a private institution that was founded in 1946. It has a total undergraduate enrollment of 2,814, its setting is suburban, and the campus size is 170 acres. It utilizes a semester-based academic calendar. Its tuition and fees are $27,610 (2012-13).
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For more than half a century, The Culinary Institute of America has been dedicated to providing the world's best professional culinary education. We offer bachelor and associate degrees in Culinary Arts and Baking & Pastry Arts. Our students benefit from an award-winning faculty, outstanding facilities, and a curriculum that features over 1,300 hours in the kitchen or bakeshop; rotations in on-campus, public-dining restaurants; and an externship more than 1,200 CIA-approved sites around the world. Backed by the CIA's industry-wide reputation for excellence, these students go on to become leading professionals cooking in restaurants, writing about food, styling food for the camera, baking, owning restaurants, teaching in culinary schools, and more. In 1995, the CIA added a branch campus in the heart of California's Napa Valley - The Culinary Institute of America at Greystone. The CIA continued to grow, and in 2008, established a second branch campus, this time in San Antonio, TX. In 2010, in partnership with the Singapore Institute of Technology, the CIA opened its Singapore location on the campus of Temasek Polytechnic. |
General Information
| School type | private |
| Year founded | 1946 |
| Religious affiliation | N/A |
| Academic calendar | semester |
| Setting | suburban |
| 2011 Endowment | N/A |
Applying
When applying to Culinary Institute of America, it's important to note the application deadline is rolling. The application fee at Culinary Institute of America is $50.
For more information about the tests, essays, interviews, and admissions process, visit the Applying to College knowledge center.
| Selectivity | N/A |
| Fall 2011 acceptance rate | N/A |
| Application deadline | rolling |
| SAT/ACT scores must be received by | N/A |
Academic Life
The student-faculty ratio at Culinary Institute of America is 17:1. The most popular majors at Culinary Institute of America include: Culinary Arts/Chef Training; Restaurant/Food Services Management; Baking and Pastry Arts/Baker/Pastry Chef; and Culinary Arts and Related Services, Other.
Student Life
Culinary Institute of America has a total undergraduate enrollment of 2,814, with a gender distribution of 54.1 percent male students and 45.9 percent female students. At this school, 79.0 percent of the students live in college-owned, -operated, or -affiliated housing and 21.0 percent of students live off campus.
| Total enrollment | 2,814 |
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| Undergraduate men who are members of a fraternity | N/A |
| Undergraduate women who are members of a sorority | N/A |
| Collegiate athletic association | N/A |
Campus Info & Services
Culinary Institute of America offers a number of student services including nonremedial tutoring, placement service, and health service. Culinary Institute of America also offers campus safety and security services like 24-hour foot and vehicle patrols, 24-hour emergency telephones, lighted pathways/sidewalks, and controlled dormitory access (key, security card, etc). Of the students at Culinary Institute of America, 90 percent have cars on campus. Alcohol is permitted for students of legal age at Culinary Institute of America.
| Students who have cars on campus | 90% |
| Health insurance offered | No |
| Students required to own/lease a computer | No |
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Paying for School
At Culinary Institute of America, 77.1 percent of full-time undergraduates receive some kind of need-based financial aid and the average need-based scholarship or grant award is $9,783.
Paying for college doesn't have to be difficult or devastating. Go to the Paying for College knowledge center to get advice on raising cash and reducing costs.
| Tuition and fees | $27,610 (2012-13) |
| Room and board | $8,580 (2012-13) |
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* Overview details based on 2011 data
