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Oregon Restaurant Cooks: Schools and Careers

Career Information for Restaurant Cooks in Oregon

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Fast Facts for Restaurant Cooks in Oregon

  • Cities with highest percentage of jobs relative to population: Bend, Corvallis, and Medford
  • Cities with lowest percentage of jobs relative to population: Salem, Eugene, and Portland
  • Cities with the highest absolute number of jobs: Portland, Eugene, and Salem

Salaries for Restaurant Cooks in Oregon

  • Metro areas with the highest median salaries: Bend, Salem, and Portland. (See table at bottom of page)

Schools for Restaurant Cooks in Oregon are listed below.

Selected Cooking And Culinary Schools in Oregon

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The Art Institutes
Portland

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

Le Cordon Bleu Schools North America
Portland

Offers degree programs in culinary arts, baking & pastry and hospitality & restaurant management. Located at sixteen campuses in twelve states.

  • Programs: Le Cordon Bleu Culinary Arts, Le Cordon Bleu Culinary Arts (Taught In Spanish), Le Cordon Bleu Culinary Techniques, Professional Culinary Arts
  • Degrees/Course Work: Associate, Certificate, Diploma

Western Culinary Institute
Portland

The cooking school’s relationship with Le Cordon Bleu adds worldwide recognition to the school’s credentials. Student-run restaurants adds an additional hands-on dimension.

  • Programs: Le Cordon Bleu Culinary Arts
  • Degrees/Course Work: Associate, Diploma

Oregon Culinary Institute
Portland

Offers career training and Associate degree programs in the culinary field. Located in Portland, Oregon

  • Programs: Culinary Arts
  • Degrees/Course Work: Diploma

Selected Online Schools for Restaurant Cooks in Oregon

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 Oregon Cooking And Culinary Schools

School NameCampusHighest AwardEnrolled
Central Oregon Community CollegeBendAssociate4,440
Linn-Benton Community CollegeAlbanyAssociate5,290
Umpqua Community CollegeRoseburgAssociate2,122

Job Popularity in Metro Areas for Restaurant Cooks

The map below shows job statistics for the career type by metro area, for Oregon. 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

OREGON

   
Bend770$24,7301.8
Corvallis320$21,8501.8
Medford770$22,9901.5
Portland8,590$23,4401.2
Eugene950$22,7001
Salem790$23,9600.8
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