Certificate · Initial professional preparation
Culinary Arts: Professional, Certificate of Achievement
Santa Barbara City College · Santa Barbara City College, Santa Barbara · United States
- Official award
- Certificate of Achievement in Culinary Arts: Professional
- Duration
- Not published
- Delivery
- On campus
- Tuition
- USD 46see costs below
Award and recognition
Professional kitchen skills in the college's culinary arts and hotel management department, with a core of culinary courses including a work experience course.
- Qualification category
- Certificate
- Award status
- Vocational qualificationA vocational qualification listed in a national system or issued by a national awarding body.
- Awarding body
- Santa Barbara City College
- Issued by the school
- No: awarded by another body
- On completion
- A Certificate of Achievement in Culinary Arts: Professional.
- Purpose
- Initial professional preparation
- Subject
- Culinary arts, Professional cookery
- Entry level
- Entry level not stated
Stated by the schoolAccrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges (ACCJC)Accreditation
Scope: Institutional accreditation as stated in the college catalog
Structure and practical training
- Duration
- Not published
- Delivery
- On campusTaught at the campus.
- Teaching language
- English
- Credits
- 36 US semester creditCredit systems differ between countries and are not interchangeable.
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Admissions
- Entry route
- Candidates for a Certificate of Achievement must complete at least 20% of the major requirements at SBCC.
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Costs
Original currency is authoritative. Tuition, mandatory extras and accommodation are shown separately and never converted or added together for you.
| Item | Amount | Applies to | Dated |
|---|---|---|---|
| Enrollment fee per unitTuition · mandatory | USD 46per credit, 2026-27 | All students | 16 October 2026SourceSource quote partly matched; being reviewed. |
| Non-resident tuition per unit (Fall 2026)Tuition · mandatory | USD 381per credit, Fall 2026 | Other fee categoryNon-resident students; international students pay this plus a $22 per unit capital outlay fee | 16 October 2026SourceSource quote partly matched; being reviewed. |
No mandatory extras (uniform, knife kit, ingredients, equipment, examination fees) are published for this program. Ask the school what is not included in the tuition.
Sources and verification
Not published on the program’s source pages: internship arrangement, funding.
Sources and how this was checked
Last checked 16 October 2026. Each fact carries a verbatim quote that is re-checked against the live page. How verification works.
Sources (checked 16 October 2026)