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2022 Best Value Meeting and Event Planning Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid

5 Ranked Colleges
41 Degrees Awarded
$8,900 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Meeting and Event Planning Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Meeting and Event Planning Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking as one item you can use to help make this 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 Great Lakes region, there were 188 meeting and event planning graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 41 meeting and event planning graduates with average earnings and debt of $32,508 and $17,812 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Meeting and Event Planning Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 5 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.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the meeting and event planning program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Meeting and Event Planning Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Meeting and Event Planning Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid.

Top 5 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Meeting and Event Planning in the Great Lakes Region (With Aid)

#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Sinclair Community College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Meeting and Event Planning Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid list. Sinclair Community College is located in Dayton, Ohio and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 15 associates’s meeting and event planning degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Sinclair Community College, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Meeting and Event Planning Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. It costs about $4,208 for Great Lakes Region Associate Degree Meeting and Event Planning students with aid per year to attend Sinclair Community College.

Read more about Meeting and Event Planning at Sinclair Community College

#2

Madison Area Technical College

Madison, Wisconsin
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Madison Area Technical College. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Meeting and Event Planning Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid. This fairly large school is located in Madison, Wisconsin, and it awarded 7 associates’s meeting and event planning degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our great lakes region associate degree meeting and event planning students with aid list, Madison College has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Meeting and Event Planning Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Madison College is $9,904 for great lakes region associate degree meeting and event planning students with aid.

Full Madison Area Technical College Meeting and Event Planning Report

#3

Milwaukee Area Technical College

Milwaukee, Wisconsin
#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Milwaukee Area Technical College. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Meeting and Event Planning Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid. This fairly large school is located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and it awarded 7 associates’s meeting and event planning degrees in 2019-2020.

MATC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Meeting and Event Planning Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Milwaukee Area Technical College is $9,076 for great lakes region associate degree meeting and event planning students with aid.

Read full report on Meeting and Event Planning at MATC

#4

Fox Valley Technical College

Appleton, Wisconsin
#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Fox Valley Technical College. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Meeting and Event Planning Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid. Located in Appleton, Wisconsin, this fairly large public school awarded 8 degrees to qualified associates’s meeting and event planning students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at FVTC, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Meeting and Event Planning Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. It costs about $11,127 for Great Lakes Region Associate Degree Meeting and Event Planning students with aid per year to attend FVTC.

Read more about Meeting and Event Planning at FVTC

#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northeast Wisconsin Technical College. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Meeting and Event Planning Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid list. Green Bay, Wisconsin is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s meeting and event planning degrees to 4 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our great lakes region associate degree meeting and event planning students with aid list, NWTC has also earned the #5 rank in our “Best Meeting and Event Planning Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend NWTC is $10,340 for Great Lakes Region Associate Degree Meeting and Event Planning students with aid.

Full Northeast Wisconsin Technical College Meeting and Event Planning Report

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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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