Culinary Institute Inc
Culinary Institute Inc. (also known as Culinary Institute Lenôtre) in Houston, TX, specializes in culinary arts, baking and pastry arts, and hospitality and restaurant management programs. The school emphasizes hands-on training with a low student-to-instructor ratio in kitchen labs, allowing students extensive practical experience. They offer career services, including resume writing and interview skills, to assist with job placement.
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All Programs at Culinary Institute Inc
1 trade program at 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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57 | $28,089/yr | $26,531 |
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 Culinary Institute Inc 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.