Arizona Culinary Institute
Arizona Culinary Institute offers hands-on training in culinary arts, baking, pastry, and restaurant management, emphasizing practical experience in professional kitchens. The school focuses on a single diploma program that can be completed in as little as eight months, culminating in a 12-week externship. ACI reports high job placement rates and maintains a network of employers for its graduates, offering ongoing employment assistance.
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All Programs at Arizona Culinary Institute
1 trade program at Arizona Culinary Institute, ranked by TradeSchoolOutlook Score (combines earnings, ROI, AI resilience, and job market size). Use the “compare” links to see how this school’s programs stack up against others nationally.
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Culinary Arts
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64 | $29,223/yr | $9,500 |
Reading the table: Score combines earnings, ROI, AI resilience, and job market size on a 0–100 scale. Earnings = median first-year salary from College Scorecard. Debt = median federal debt at graduation (blank where Scorecard suppresses small samples). 10yr ROI = projected 10-year earnings ÷ in-state tuition. AI Risk reflects task-level AI exposure across mapped occupations. Job Market = annual openings nationwide for connected occupations.
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About This Data
TradeSchoolOutlook analyzes 1 trade and vocational programs at Arizona Culinary Institute using earnings data from the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard and employment projections from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (2024–2034).
The TradeSchoolOutlook Score (0–100) combines graduate earnings, return on investment, AI resilience, and job market size. AI Risk reflects task-level exposure for the occupations each program feeds into. Job Market shows the size of the national hiring pool. Programs without published debt figures had small reporting samples that the College Scorecard suppresses for privacy.