2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Meeting and Event Planning (With Aid)
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In 2019-2020, 977 people earned their degree in meeting and event planning, making the major the 507th most popular in the United States.
At the associate degree level specifically, there were 81 meeting and event planning graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,082 and $17,678 respectively.
This year’s “Best Value Meeting and Event Planning Schools for an Associate For Those Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 14 colleges that offered a degree in meeting and event planning. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great meeting and event planning programs and 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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Best Value Meeting and Event Planning Schools for an Associate For Those Getting Aid
The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Meeting and Event Planning Schools for an Associate For Those Getting Aid.
Top 14 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Meeting and Event Planning (With Aid)
Out of the 14 schools in the Best Value Meeting and Event Planning Schools for an Associate For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Sinclair Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Dayton, Ohio, and it awarded 15 associates’s meeting and event planning degrees in 2019-2020.
Sinclair Community College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #8 on our “Best Meeting and Event Planning Associate Degree Schools” list. The yearly cost to attend Sinclair Community College is $4,208 for associate degree meeting and event planning students with aid.
Full Sinclair Community College Meeting and Event Planning Report
Out of the 14 schools in the Best Value Meeting and Event Planning Schools for an Associate For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Madison Area Technical College landed the #2 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Madison, Wisconsin, and it awarded 7 associates’s meeting and event planning degrees in 2019-2020.
Madison College also took the #1 spot in our “Best Meeting and Event Planning Associate Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Madison College is $9,904 for associate degree meeting and event planning students with aid.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Bergen Community College. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Meeting and Event Planning Schools for an Associate For Those Getting Aid list. Bergen Community College is a public institution located in Paramus, New Jersey. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 1 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our associate degree meeting and event planning students with aid list, Bergen Community College has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Meeting and Event Planning Associate Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $9,195 for associate degree meeting and event planning students with aid per year to attend Bergen Community College.
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Out of the 14 schools in the Best Value Meeting and Event Planning Schools for an Associate For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Northampton County Area Community College landed the #4 spot on the list. Bethlehem, Pennsylvania is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s meeting and event planning degrees to 10 students in 2019-2020.
Northampton Community College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Meeting and Event Planning Associate Degree Schools” list. The yearly cost to attend Northampton Community College is $9,053 for Associate Degree Meeting and Event Planning students with aid.
Full Northampton County Area Community College Meeting and Event Planning Report
Out of the 14 schools in the Best Value Meeting and Event Planning Schools for an Associate For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, SUNY Broome landed the #5 spot on the list. SUNY Broome is located in Binghamton, New York and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 8 associates’s meeting and event planning degrees to qualified students.
SUNY Broome did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #10 on our “Best Meeting and Event Planning Associate Degree Schools” list. The estimated yearly cost for SUNY Broome is $6,604 for Associate Degree Meeting and Event Planning students with aid.
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With a ranking of #6, Milwaukee Area Technical College did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Meeting and Event Planning Schools for an Associate For Those Getting Aid list. Milwaukee Area Technical College is a public institution located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 7 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.
MATC not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #9 on our “Best Meeting and Event Planning Associate Degree Schools” list. The estimated yearly cost for MATC is $9,076 for associate degree meeting and event planning students with aid.
Dakota County Technical College ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Meeting and Event Planning Schools for an Associate For Those Getting Aid list. This small school is located in Rosemount, Minnesota, and it awarded 1 associates’s meeting and event planning degrees in 2019-2020.
DCTC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Meeting and Event Planning Associate Degree Schools” list. The yearly cost to attend Dakota County Technical College is $11,063 for associate degree meeting and event planning students with aid.
Edmonds Community College came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Meeting and Event Planning Schools for an Associate For Those Getting Aid ranking. Edmonds Community College is located in Lynnwood, Washington and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 7 associates’s meeting and event planning degrees to qualified students.
Edmonds Community College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #7 on our “Best Meeting and Event Planning Associate Degree Schools” list. The yearly cost to attend Edmonds Community College is $8,084 for Associate Degree Meeting and Event Planning students with aid.
Full Edmonds Community College Meeting and Event Planning Report
Fox Valley Technical College did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Meeting and Event Planning Schools for an Associate For Those Getting Aid ranking, coming in at #9. Fox Valley Technical College is a fairly large school located in Appleton, Wisconsin that handed out 8 associates’s meeting and event planning degrees in 2019-2020.
FVTC also made our “Best Meeting and Event Planning Associate Degree Schools” list, coming in at #4. It costs about $11,127 for associate degree meeting and event planning students with aid per year to attend FVTC.
Bucks County Community College did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Meeting and Event Planning Schools for an Associate For Those Getting Aid ranking, coming in at #10. Bucks County Community College is a medium-sized public school situated in Newtown, Pennsylvania. It awarded 3 associates’s meeting and event planning degrees in 2019-2020.
Bucks County Community College not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #14 on our “Best Meeting and Event Planning Associate Degree Schools” list. The estimated yearly cost for Bucks County Community College is $7,670 for Associate Degree Meeting and Event Planning students with aid.
Full Bucks County Community College Meeting and Event Planning Report
With a ranking of #11, Prince George’s Community College did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Meeting and Event Planning Schools for an Associate For Those Getting Aid list. PGCC is a fairly large public school situated in Largo, Maryland. It awarded 1 associates’s meeting and event planning degrees in 2019-2020.
PGCC also made our “Best Meeting and Event Planning Associate Degree Schools” list, coming in at #11. The estimated yearly cost for PGCC is $9,069 for associate degree meeting and event planning students with aid.
Read more about Meeting and Event Planning at Prince George’s Community College
Northeast Wisconsin Technical College did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Meeting and Event Planning Schools for an Associate For Those Getting Aid ranking, coming in at #12. NWTC is a fairly large school located in Green Bay, Wisconsin that handed out 4 associates’s meeting and event planning degrees in 2019-2020.
NWTC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #13 on our “Best Meeting and Event Planning Associate Degree Schools” list. The estimated yearly cost for NWTC is $10,340 for Associate Degree Meeting and Event Planning students with aid.
Sullivan University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Meeting and Event Planning Schools for an Associate For Those Getting Aid ranking, coming in at #13. Louisville, Kentucky is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private for-profit school handed out associates’s meeting and event planning degrees to 4 students in 2019-2020.
Sullivan University also made our “Best Meeting and Event Planning Associate Degree Schools” list, coming in at #6. It costs about $22,392 for associate degree meeting and event planning students with aid per year to attend Sullivan University.
The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
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With a ranking of #14, SUNY Delhi did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Meeting and Event Planning Schools for an Associate For Those Getting Aid list. Delhi, New York is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s meeting and event planning degrees to 5 students in 2019-2020.
SUNY Delhi did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #12 on our “Best Meeting and Event Planning Associate Degree Schools” list. It costs about $14,867 for Associate Degree Meeting and Event Planning students with aid per year to attend SUNY Delhi.
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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%.
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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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