The main campus of the Culinary Institute of America is located in Hyde Park, New York. The CIA is world-renowned for its culinary training. CIA has campuses in New York, California, Texas and Singapore, offering programs in wine and beverages and baking and pastry arts and culinary arts degrees and certificates. Its culinary arts programs include a bachelor of professional studies degree in culinary arts management that lasts 38 months and an associate in occupational studies in culinary arts degree that lasts 21 months. The school also offers a 30-week culinary arts certificate program in San Antonio, Texas.
The Academy of Culinary Arts at Atlantic Cape Community College in Mays Landing, New Jersey, teaches culinary arts to about 300 students each year. Students range in age from high school graduates to older adults making career changes or updating their skills. The academy offers an associate's degree in applied science, culinary arts. The school is accredited by the American Culinary Federation and the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools. The school has affiliations with the National Restaurant Association Education Foundation, the National Restaurant Association and the American Culinary Federation.
Le Cordon Bleu is internationally renowned, with campuses throughout the world, including Europe, Asia and a main campus in Paris, France. Since 1895, the school has passed along the heritage of French cooking techniques and traditions to its students. The school offers bachelor's and master's degrees in business in addition to its culinary program. With an internationally-honed faculty, Le Cordon Bleu is well-known as the guardian of French culinary techniques.
The award-winning Institute of Culinary Education in New York City offers aspiring chefs a comprehensive culinary education. The school has a diploma program in culinary arts, among others, such as pastry and baking arts, culinary management and hospitality management. Programs last from eight to 13 months. ICE has a 45,000 square-foot teaching center and features small, hands-on classes, which are held in the morning, afternoon, evening and on weekends. ICE arranges externships for students, and 50 percent of these result in permanent job offers. ICE placed 562 externs in 302 establishments in 11 states and four countries in 2010.