Culinary Arts and Related Sciences graduates have a wide variety of options to select from upon graduation: working in industry as a cook or chef, opening their own catering operations or bakeshops, becoming self-employed as a private chef, research, and development, fron of house management or waitstaff ... all of these options are available to the graduates of the program.
Salaries in the El Paso area typically range from $8.00/hr on up to appx $11.00/hr. Many graduates enjoy salaried positions that range from $21,000.00 on up to $44,000.00 annually. Those students who pursue their bacclaureate degree tend to achieve even higher rates.