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Culinary school in the Northern Mariana Islands

2 culinary programs with costs, results and funding that can make them free

1 school offers these culinary arts programs, and the Northern Mariana Islands has approved every one for workforce funding. Each shows its price if you pay yourself and how past students did.

Chefs and head cooks run the daily food preparation in restaurants and other places that serve food. Most start with a high school diploma and kitchen experience; some go through a culinary program at a community college, technical school or culinary school, and others learn in an apprenticeship.1

In the Northern Mariana Islands, both programs take students without a high school diploma.

By kind, the 2 programs here are culinary arts certificate or diploma (1 program) and baking and pastry certificate or diploma (1 program).

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How much does culinary school cost in the Northern Mariana Islands?

$4,095 to $4,330

from the lowest-priced program to the highest, if you pay yourself

These two programs

Finished the program
65% to 94%
Working 6 months later
Not reported
Neither program reports it
Earned a year, estimated
Not reported
Neither program reports it
Length
18 weeks

Source: US Department of Labor, program year 2024 (July 2024 to June 2025). Only programs approved for workforce funding are listed; other schools in the Northern Mariana Islands may also offer culinary school. How these figures are made

Is there free culinary school in the Northern Mariana Islands?

Who qualifies, and other ways to pay: financial aid, grants and the GI Bill

All 2 culinary programs in the Northern Mariana Islands approved for WIOA funding

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2 programs

  • Culinary arts certificate or diplomaIn personNo diploma needed

    Culinary Arts 1

    Northern Marianas Technical Institute

    Saipan

    No diploma needed

    Northern Marianas Technical Institute, SaipanCulinary arts certificate or diplomaIn person · No diploma needed

    Earned a year, estimatedNot reported
    Price if you pay yourself$4,095

    4 students trained with WIOA funding

    Program website, Culinary Arts 1 at Northern Marianas Technical Institute
    More details about Culinary Arts 1 at Northern Marianas Technical Institute
    Finished
    65%
    Working at 6 months
    Not reported
    Earned in a quarter
    Not reported
    Length
    18 weeks, 13 hours a week
    Cost of supplies
    None listed
    Students counted
    23
    Earned a year, estimated
    Not reported
    Price if you pay yourself
    $4,095
    students trained with WIOA funding
    4
    Program website, Culinary Arts 1 at Northern Marianas Technical Institute

  • Baking and pastry certificate or diplomaIn personNo diploma needed

    Baking & Pastry

    Northern Marianas Technical Institute

    Saipan

    No diploma needed

    Northern Marianas Technical Institute, SaipanBaking and pastry certificate or diplomaIn person · No diploma needed

    Earned a year, estimatedNot reported
    Price if you pay yourself$4,330

    10 students trained with WIOA funding

    Program website, Baking & Pastry at Northern Marianas Technical Institute
    More details about Baking & Pastry at Northern Marianas Technical Institute
    Finished
    94%
    Working at 6 months
    Not reported
    Earned in a quarter
    Not reported
    Length
    18 weeks, 7 hours a week
    Cost of supplies
    None listed
    Students counted
    16
    Earned a year, estimated
    Not reported
    Price if you pay yourself
    $4,330
    students trained with WIOA funding
    10
    Program website, Baking & Pastry at Northern Marianas Technical Institute

How to pay for culinary school in the Northern Mariana Islands

WIOA funding can pay for culinary school in the Northern Mariana Islands

Every program on this page is approved for it. Whether you qualify, how much your local area pays and how to apply are on our page Does WIOA pay for job training?

Financial aid and grants for culinary school

Most students can get federal student aid for college, career school or trade school. A Federal Pell Grant, unlike a loan, usually doesn't have to be repaid. Ask the school whether its program qualifies.67

GI Bill for culinary school

Veterans, service members and qualified dependents can use GI Bill benefits for non-college training programs.8

The program list does not show which programs accept these. Ask the school.

Other training in the Northern Mariana Islands

How culinary school compares with the rest of food and hospitality: Culinary and hospitality programs in the Northern Mariana Islands

Where the Northern Mariana Islands culinary arts program numbers come from

Which the Northern Mariana Islands culinary arts programs are on this list?

These are the culinary arts programs the Northern Mariana Islands approved for WIOA funding (public workforce funding under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act), as reported to the US Department of Labor for program year 2024 (July 2024 to June 2025). Each state keeps its approved programs on an eligible training provider list (ETPL).9 The list here covers programs approved as of June 30, 2025. Schools that never applied for approval are missing, so this is a part of what the Northern Mariana Islands offers.

How the prices and results of the Northern Mariana Islands culinary arts programs are measured

Prices are tuition and required fees for someone paying without workforce funding, as the school reported them; check the current price with the school. Results describe students who left each program in recent years, so they are no guarantee, and the yearly earnings are the reported quarter times four, an estimate. A program without a "Trained with WIOA funding" line may still take WIOA students. Where a field was left empty or withheld, the page says "Not reported", and "Left out" where a figure was filed but failed one of our checks; nothing is estimated to fill a gap. Where the numbers come from explains each figure in full.

Sources for the facts about culinary school in the Northern Mariana Islands

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  1. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Outlook Handbook: Chefs and Head Cooks
  2. US Department of Labor, TrainingProviderResults.gov: About This Site
  3. US Department of Labor: WIOA Adult Program
  4. Code of Federal Regulations, title 20, part 680, sections 680.220, 680.230 and 680.310: career services before training, other grants such as Pell Grants first, and limits on Individual Training Accounts (GovInfo, 2024 edition)
  5. US Department of Labor: American Job Centers
  6. US Department of Education, Federal Student Aid: Eligibility for Federal Student Aid
  7. US Department of Education, Federal Student Aid: Don't Miss Out on Federal Pell Grants
  8. US Department of Veterans Affairs: GI Bill benefits for non-college degree programs
  9. US Department of Labor, Training and Employment Guidance Letter 8-19, Attachment I: Requirements for Training Providers, Program Eligibility, and the State Eligible Training Provider (ETP) List