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2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Meeting and Event Planning in the Great Lakes Region

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

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Meeting and Event Planning Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region” 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” ranking analyzed 5 colleges that offered a degree 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.

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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Meeting and Event Planning Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region associate degree meeting and event planning students.

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

#1

Madison Area Technical College

Madison, Wisconsin
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Meeting and Event Planning Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Madison Area Technical College landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Madison, Wisconsin, this fairly large public school awarded 7 degrees to qualified associates’s meeting and event planning students in 2019-2020.

Madison College also took the #1 spot in our “Best Meeting and Event Planning Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Madison College is $9,904 for Great Lakes Region Associate Degree Meeting and Event Planning students.

Full Madison College Meeting and Event Planning Report

#2

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 #2 for the Best Value Meeting and Event Planning Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region. Located in Appleton, Wisconsin, this fairly large public school awarded 8 diplomas 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. The yearly cost to attend Fox Valley Technical College is $11,127 for Great Lakes Region Associate Degree Meeting and Event Planning students.

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#3 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Meeting and Event Planning Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Sinclair Community College landed the #3 spot on the 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.

In addition to being on our great lakes region associate degree meeting and event planning students list, Sinclair Community College has also earned the #3 rank 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 per year to attend Sinclair Community College.

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#4

Milwaukee Area Technical College

Milwaukee, Wisconsin
#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Milwaukee Area Technical College. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Meeting and Event Planning Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region list. Milwaukee Area Technical College is a fairly large school located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin that handed out 7 associates’s meeting and event planning degrees in 2019-2020.

MATC also made our “Best Meeting and Event Planning Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #4. The estimated yearly cost for Milwaukee Area Technical College is $9,076 for Great Lakes Region Associate Degree Meeting and Event Planning students.

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#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Northeast Wisconsin Technical College. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Meeting and Event Planning Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region. This fairly large school is located in Green Bay, Wisconsin, and it awarded 4 associates’s meeting and event planning degrees in 2019-2020.

NWTC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Meeting and Event Planning Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Northeast Wisconsin Technical College is $10,340 for great lakes region associate degree meeting and event planning students.

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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