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2022 Best Value Meeting and Event Planning Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region

1 Ranked Colleges
1 Degrees Awarded
$11,100 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Meeting and Event Planning Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Meeting and Event Planning Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Meeting and Event Planning is the 507th most popular major in the country with 977 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Plains States region, there were 184 meeting and event planning graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 1 meeting and event planning graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,069 and $19,434 respectively.

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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Meeting and Event Planning Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Meeting and Event Planning Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region

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

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Meeting and Event Planning in the Plains States Region

#1

Dakota County Technical College

Rosemount, Minnesota
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Meeting and Event Planning Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Dakota County Technical College landed the #1 spot on the list. Dakota County Technical College is located in Rosemount, Minnesota and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 1 associates’s meeting and event planning degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our plains states region associate degree meeting and event planning students list, DCTC has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Meeting and Event Planning Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Dakota County Technical College is $11,063 for plains states region associate degree meeting and event planning students.

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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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