Baking and Pastry

Sweeten your future with an associate degree in baking and pastry.

Baked goods are serious business. If you have a passion for baking, our Associate degree program in baking and pastry can help turn that passion into a career.

By taking this program, you’ll learn how bakeries operate, inside and out. First of all, you’ll have the chance to learn advanced baking skills and techniques through a combination of classroom learning and hands-on learning in our state-of-the-art facilities. Not only will you be learning the same techniques professional bakers use on the job, you’ll be working with the same equipment they use, too.

Working in a bakery involves more than just baking. You’ll also have the chance to learn about the managerial side of running a baking facility by studying things like inventory control and staff selection and training.

After completing this program, you’ll have plenty of ways you can use your talents. A wide variety of businesses, from retail bakeries and restaurants to country clubs and hotels, need people who can help prepare delicious treats for visitors to enjoy.

Academic Policies & Requirements 

Associate of Applied Science - Baking and Pastry

Classes Available

This program is offered in-person on our campuses in Muskegon and Port Huron. In Michigan our students come from Ann Arbor, Auburn Hills, Cadillac, Dearborn, Detroit, Flint, Grand Rapids, Jackson, Lansing, Kalamazoo, Muskegon, Owosso, Traverse City, and many other locations. Beyond Michigan, our online graduates hail from Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, and other states.