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Colorado Restaurant Cooks: Schools and Careers

Career Information for Restaurant Cooks in Colorado

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Fast Facts for Restaurant Cooks in Colorado

  • Cities with highest percentage of jobs relative to population: Fort Collins, Pueblo, and Greeley
  • Cities with lowest percentage of jobs relative to population: Denver, Colorado Springs, and Grand Junction
  • Cities with the highest absolute number of jobs: Denver, Colorado Springs, and Boulder

Salaries for Restaurant Cooks in Colorado

  • Metro areas with the highest median salaries: Grand Junction, Boulder, and Fort Collins. (See table at bottom of page)

Schools for Restaurant Cooks in Colorado are listed below.

Selected Cooking And Culinary Schools in Colorado

These schools offer particularly quick info upon request, and we have written detailed profiles for each (click school names to see the profiles).

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The Art Institutes
Denver

The Art Institutes (AI) provides programs that stimulate the minds of its students with programs in design, the arts, game programming, culinary cuisine, and fashion.

  • Programs: Art Of Cooking, Culinary Arts, Culinary Arts Level 1, Culinary Arts Level 2
  • Degrees/Course Work: Associate, Certificate, Diploma

Culinary School of the Rockies
Boulder

Fire up your new career with Culinary School of the Rockies. We offer four programs for careers in the culinary industry, including culinary arts, pastry arts, and a part-time intensive chef track.

  • Programs: Chef Track, Culinary Arts
  • Degrees/Course Work: Diploma

Selected Online Schools for Restaurant Cooks in Colorado

Ashworth College
Online

Ashworth College (AU) provides online and campus based classes, in a flexible capacity so learning goes at the students pace during their free time.

  • Programs: Gourmet Cooking And Catering
  • Degrees/Course Work: Diploma

More Colorado Cooking And Culinary Schools

School NameCampusHighest AwardEnrolled
Colorado Mountain CollegeGlenwood SpringsAssociate5,206
Johnson & Wales University-DenverDenverBachelor1,466
Mesa State CollegeGrand JunctionMasters6,199
Pikes Peak Community CollegeColorado SpringsAssociate11,407

Job Popularity in Metro Areas for Restaurant Cooks

The map below shows job statistics for the career type by metro area, for Colorado. A table below the map shows job popularity and salaries across the state.

Metro Areas Rated for Popularity (as of 2008) for:
Restaurant Cooks

Listed below are metro areas ranked by the popularity of jobs for Restaurant Cooks relative to the population of the city, as of 2008. Salary data was obtained from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

A Relative Popularity of 1.0 means that the city has an average number of the particular job, for its population, compared to the rest of the US. Higher numbers mean proportionally more jobs of that type.
Metro AreaJobsSalary
(2008)
Relative
Popularity

COLORADO

   
Fort Collins1,470$22,6601.9
Pueblo550$19,5901.7
Greeley730$21,0701.6
Boulder1,580$24,1501.5
Grand Junction510$24,5701.5
Colorado Springs2,300$22,3501.4
Denver9,630$22,6501.1
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