Culinary Arts Program
Baking and Pastry Arts Program
Culinary Arts and Baking and Pastry Arts Program
Culinary Arts and BS Degree Programs
Find information on visiting, applying, cost and value, and more; read our alumni success stories. If you love to cook or bake, the IUP ACA nationally recognized culinary arts programs are for you.
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Indiana University of Pennsylvania Academy of Culinary Arts is recognized nationwide for its high quality.
Our small class sizes, with world-class chef instructors, provide an hourly amount of hands-on production time unparalleled by any other culinary program, and our externship placement is among the best in the United States. Whether you aim to win a Food Network show—as graduate Lindsay McClain ’07 did—or work at a four- or five-star property, as many of our alumni do, IUP ACA starts you on your way to an exciting, creative career in the food industry.
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