2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Meeting and Event Planning
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Meeting and Event Planning Schools for an Associate” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
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.
For this year’s “Best Value Meeting and Event Planning Schools for an Associate” ranking, we looked at 14 colleges that offer 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.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the meeting and event planning program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Best Value Meeting and Event Planning Schools for an Associate
The colleges and universities below are the best for associate degree meeting and event planning students.
Top 14 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Meeting and Event Planning
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Madison Area Technical College. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Meeting and Event Planning Schools for an Associate. Madison Area Technical College is located in Madison, Wisconsin and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 7 associates’s meeting and event planning degrees to qualified students.
Madison College not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Meeting and Event Planning Associate Degree Schools” list. The yearly cost to attend Madison Area Technical College is $9,904 for Associate Degree Meeting and Event Planning students.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Dakota County Technical College. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Meeting and Event Planning Schools for an Associate list. Rosemount, Minnesota is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s meeting and event planning degrees to 1 students in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at DCTC, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Meeting and Event Planning Associate Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend DCTC is $11,063 for associate degree meeting and event planning students.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Fox Valley Technical College. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Meeting and Event Planning Schools for an Associate. 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. The yearly cost to attend Fox Valley Technical College is $11,127 for Associate Degree Meeting and Event Planning students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Sinclair Community College. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Meeting and Event Planning Schools for an Associate. Sinclair Community College is a fairly large school located in Dayton, Ohio that handed out 15 associates’s meeting and event planning degrees in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Sinclair Community College, the school also landed the #8 spot in our “Best Meeting and Event Planning Associate Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Sinclair Community College is $4,208 for Associate Degree Meeting and Event Planning students.
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Out of the 14 schools in the Best Value Meeting and Event Planning Schools for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, Bergen Community College landed the #5 spot on the list. Bergen Community College is a fairly large public school situated in Paramus, New Jersey. It awarded 1 associates’s meeting and event planning degrees in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Bergen Community College, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Meeting and Event Planning Associate Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Bergen Community College is $9,195 for associate degree meeting and event planning students.
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Milwaukee Area Technical College came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Meeting and Event Planning Schools for an Associate ranking. This fairly large school is located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and it awarded 7 associates’s meeting and event planning degrees in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our associate degree meeting and event planning students list, MATC has also earned the #9 rank in our “Best Meeting and Event Planning Associate Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $9,076 for Associate Degree Meeting and Event Planning students per year to attend Milwaukee Area Technical College.
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Northeast Wisconsin Technical College came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Meeting and Event Planning Schools for an Associate ranking. 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 not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #13 on our “Best Meeting and Event Planning Associate Degree Schools” list. It costs about $10,340 for associate degree meeting and event planning students per year to attend NWTC.
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Edmonds Community College did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Meeting and Event Planning Schools for an Associate ranking, coming in at #8. Lynnwood, Washington is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s meeting and event planning degrees to 7 students in 2019-2020.
Edmonds Community College also made our “Best Meeting and Event Planning Associate Degree Schools” list, coming in at #7. The estimated yearly cost for Edmonds Community College is $8,084 for Associate Degree Meeting and Event Planning students.
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Northampton County Area Community College ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value Meeting and Event Planning Schools for an Associate list. Located in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, this medium-sized public school handed out 10 diplomas to qualified associates’s meeting and event planning students in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Northampton Community College, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Meeting and Event Planning Associate Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Northampton County Area Community College is $9,053 for Associate Degree Meeting and Event Planning students.
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Sullivan University came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Meeting and Event Planning Schools for an Associate ranking. Sullivan University is a small school located in Louisville, Kentucky that handed out 4 associates’s meeting and event planning degrees in 2019-2020.
Sullivan University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #6 on our “Best Meeting and Event Planning Associate Degree Schools” list. The estimated yearly cost for Sullivan University is $22,392 for associate degree meeting and event planning students.
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.
SUNY Broome landed the #11 spot on the 2022 Best Value Meeting and Event Planning Schools for an Associate ranking. This medium-sized school is located in Binghamton, New York, and it awarded 8 associates’s meeting and event planning degrees in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at SUNY Broome, the school also landed the #10 spot in our “Best Meeting and Event Planning Associate Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $6,604 for Associate Degree Meeting and Event Planning students per year to attend SUNY Broome.
With a ranking of #12, Prince George’s Community College did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Meeting and Event Planning Schools for an Associate list. Largo, Maryland is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s meeting and event planning degrees to 1 students 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.
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Bucks County Community College did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Meeting and Event Planning Schools for an Associate ranking, coming in at #13. Located in Newtown, Pennsylvania, this medium-sized public school handed out 3 degrees to qualified associates’s meeting and event planning students in 2019-2020.
Bucks County Community College also made our “Best Meeting and Event Planning Associate Degree Schools” list, coming in at #14. The estimated yearly cost for Bucks County Community College is $7,670 for associate degree meeting and event planning students.
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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 list. SUNY Delhi is a public institution located in Delhi, New York. The school has a small population, and it awarded 5 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at SUNY Delhi, the school also landed the #12 spot in our “Best Meeting and Event Planning Associate Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $14,867 for associate degree meeting and event planning students per year to attend SUNY Delhi.
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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%.
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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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