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CIP 12.0501 · CLASSIFICATION 2020

Baking and Pastry Arts/Baker/Pastry Chef.

A program that prepares individuals to serve as professional bakers and pastry specialists in restaurants or other commercial baking establishments. Includes instruction in bread and pastry making, bread and pastry handling and storage, cake and pastry decorating, baking industry operations, product packaging and marketing operations, and counter display and service.

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These institutions reported at least one first-major completion in this field in the connected reporting years ending 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020. This shows historical award activity, not a complete list of available programs or an assurance that a course is accepting applications.

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Sources: NCES CIP 2020 classification and C2023_A.zip, C2024_A.zip, C2025_A.zip, C2020_A.zip, C2021_A.zip, C2022_A.zip, C2024_A.zip.

Connected Baking and Pastry Arts/Baker/Pastry Chef award observations

Each row describes one ending year and award level for CIP 12.0501. Institution counts overlap across levels and years. Award counts are historical first-major awards, not unique people, available places, programme quality or a graduation rate.

Year endingAward levelReporting institutionsPositive awards
2025Certificate 1–2 years922,031
2025Associate degree951,808
2025Certificate 2–4 years115
2025Bachelor degree572
2025Certificate under 12 weeks123
2025Certificate 12 weeks to under 1 year931,626
2024Certificate 1–2 years891,994
2024Associate degree932,029
2024Certificate 2–4 years123
2024Bachelor degree576
2024Certificate under 12 weeks260
2024Certificate 12 weeks to under 1 year871,354
2023Certificate 1–2 years872,360
2023Associate degree831,593
2023Certificate 2–4 years124
2023Bachelor degree588
2023Certificate under 12 weeks339
2023Certificate 12 weeks to under 1 year871,404
2022Certificate 1–2 years882,146
2022Associate degree861,497
2022Certificate 2–4 years149
2022Bachelor degree494
2022Certificate under 12 weeks39
2022Certificate 12 weeks to under 1 year821,234
2021Certificate 1–2 years811,922
2021Associate degree891,253
2021Bachelor degree442
2021Certificate under 12 weeks38
2021Certificate 12 weeks to under 1 year741,097
2020Certificate 1–2 years871,731
2020Associate degree931,394
2020Certificate 2–4 years11
2020Bachelor degree363
2020Certificate under 12 weeks545
2020Certificate 12 weeks to under 1 year73965

A year ending 2025 describes July 2024–June 2025. Do not add different years to estimate an entering class or current enrolment. Follow an institution's field link below to inspect the exact records.

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CIP 12.0501 is a reporting classification. The official definition above explains its scope, while a university may use a different programme title. Related fields in classification family 12 can involve different curricula and award levels.

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Institutions with reported graduates

235 institutions

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