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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Meeting and Event Planning (Income Over $110k) in the Southeast Region

4 Ranked Colleges
248 Degrees Awarded
$31,600 Avg Net Price*
Best Vallue Meeting and Event Planning Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southeast Region For Those Making Over $110k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Vallue Meeting and Event Planning Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making Over $110k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

In 2019-2020, 977 people earned their degree in meeting and event planning, making the major the 507th most popular in the United States.

Across the Southeast region, there were 359 meeting and event planning graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 248 meeting and event planning graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,277 and $25,415 respectively.

This year’s “Best Vallue Meeting and Event Planning Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making Over $110k” ranking looked at 4 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in meeting and event planning. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent meeting and event planning programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the meeting and event planning program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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The meeting and event planning school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Vallue Meeting and Event Planning Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making Over $110k”.

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Best Vallue Meeting and Event Planning Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making Over $110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Vallue Meeting and Event Planning Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making Over $110k.

Top 4 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Meeting and Event Planning (Income Over $110k) in the Southeast Region

#1 in overall quality

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Vallue Meeting and Event Planning Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making Over $110k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Central Florida landed the #1 spot on the list. This large school is located in Orlando, Florida, and it awarded 221 bachelors’s meeting and event planning degrees in 2019-2020.

UCF not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Meeting and Event Planning Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. It costs about $10,274 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Meeting and Event Planning students whose families make more than $110k per year to attend University of Central Florida.

The low student loan default rate of 4.2% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 92%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read more about Meeting and Event Planning at University of Central Florida

#2

Meredith College

Raleigh, North Carolina
#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Meredith College. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Vallue Meeting and Event Planning Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making Over $110k list. Meredith College is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Raleigh, North Carolina. It awarded 1 bachelors’s meeting and event planning degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southeast region bachelor’s degree meeting and event planning students whose families make more than $110k list, Meredith has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Meeting and Event Planning Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. It costs about $23,683 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Meeting and Event Planning students whose families make more than $110k per year to attend Meredith.

The student loan default rate at the school is 4.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read full report on Meeting and Event Planning at Meredith College

#3

High Point University

High Point, North Carolina
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Vallue Meeting and Event Planning Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making Over $110k that were part of this year’s ranking, High Point University landed the #3 spot on the list. High Point University is a private not-for-profit institution located in High Point, North Carolina. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 18 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

High Point also made our “Best Meeting and Event Planning Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #2. It costs about $37,255 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Meeting and Event Planning students whose families make more than $110k per year to attend High Point.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full High Point University Meeting and Event Planning Report

#4

Lynn University

Boca Raton, Florida
#4 in overall quality

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Vallue Meeting and Event Planning Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making Over $110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Lynn University landed the #4 spot on the list. Boca Raton, Florida is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s meeting and event planning degrees to 8 students in 2019-2020.

Lynn University Fighting Knights did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Meeting and Event Planning Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. It costs about $36,044 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Meeting and Event Planning students whose families make more than $110k per year to attend Lynn University.

Read more about Meeting and Event Planning at Lynn University

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Notes and References

References

  • The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
  • Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
  • Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
  • Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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