BAKING
Certificate of Specialization
Program Details
The Certificate in Baking provides students with an understanding of baking principles, advanced baking and pastry techniques, and the science of baking. Students will gain the skills and knowledge to be able to produce commercial bake shop products. Students will demonstrate plate design techniques to showcase their bake shop creations. This program will prepare students to gain employment as pastry cooks and bakers.
BAKING Pathways
Pathways listed below are for the catalog year 2026-2027. Maps for previous years are available on each pathway page. What is a catalog year?
Featured Careers
Find your calling. Explore high-earning careers with entry-level data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Bakers
High school diploma/GED, No high school diploma/GED
- Job growth: Stable
- Low salary: 27,560
- High salary: 48,260
- Average salary: 36650
Chefs and Head Cooks
Associate's degree, Certificate after high school
- Job growth: Rising
- Low salary: 36,000
- High salary: 96,030
- Average salary: 60990
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All Careers in BAKING (7)
| Chefs and Head Cooks | Associate's degree, Certificate after high school | Rising | 60,990 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cooks, Private Household | Certificate after high school, High school diploma/GED | Declining | 44,530 |
| First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers | High school diploma/GED, No high school diploma/GED | Rising | 42,010 |
| Cooks, Restaurant | High school diploma/GED, No high school diploma/GED | Rising | 36,830 |
| Bakers | High school diploma/GED, No high school diploma/GED | Stable | 36,650 |
| Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria | High school diploma/GED, Certificate after high school | Stable | 36,450 |
| Cooks, All Other | - n/a | - n/a |
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Learning Outcomes
Learning outcomes help you work towards your educational goals.
- Apply advanced baking and pastry techniques, including dough preparation, pastry production, finishing skills, and food safety practices, to create high-quality, commercially viable bake shop products.
- Design and execute visually appealing plate presentations to enhance the appearance and appeal of bake shop products for commercial display or service.
- Explain and utilize the scientific principles behind baking processes to produce consistent, high-quality baked goods that meet commercial standards.