2024 Best Meeting and Event Planning Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region
6Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region
126Meeting and Event Planning Degrees Awarded
If you plan on majoring in meeting and event planning, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #522 in the country in terms of popularity. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.
For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 6 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region to determine which ones were the best for meeting and event planning students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 126 degrees in meeting and event planning during the 2020-2021 academic year.
Choosing a Great Meeting and Event Planning School
Your choice of meeting and event planning school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. For our Best Overall Meeting and Event Planning School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
The meeting and event planning school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Meeting and Event Planning Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region.
You can also filter this list by location to find schools closer to you.
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Best Schools for Meeting and Event Planning in the Middle Atlantic Region
The schools below may not offer all types of meeting and event planning degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
Top Middle Atlantic Region Schools in Meeting and Event Planning
It's hard to beat New York University if you want to pursue a degree in meeting and event planning. Located in the city of New York, NYU is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #27 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means NYU is a great university overall.
There were about 13 meeting and event planning students who graduated with this degree at NYU in the most recent data year.
It is hard to beat George Washington University if you wish to pursue a degree in meeting and event planning. GWU is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Washington. A Best Colleges rank of #49 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means GWU is a great university overall.
There were approximately 25 meeting and event planning students who graduated with this degree at GWU in the most recent year we have data available.
Every student who is interested in meeting and event planning needs to check out Northampton County Area Community College. Located in the large suburb of Bethlehem, Northampton Community College is a public college with a moderately-sized student population. This college ranks 89th out of 109 schools for overall quality in the state of Pennsylvania.
There were roughly 8 meeting and event planning students who graduated with this degree at Northampton Community College in the most recent year we have data available.
Every student who is interested in meeting and event planning has to check out SUNY Delhi. SUNY Delhi is a small public school located in the remote town of Delhi. This school ranks 110th out of 142 schools for overall quality in the state of New York.
There were about 12 meeting and event planning students who graduated with this degree at SUNY Delhi in the most recent year we have data available.
Bucks County Community College is a medium-sized public college located in the rural area of Newtown. This college ranks 94th out of 109 colleges for overall quality in the state of Pennsylvania.
There were about 2 meeting and event planning students who graduated with this degree at Bucks County Community College in the most recent year we have data available.
Penn College is a small public college located in the city of Williamsport. A Best Colleges rank of #948 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Penn College is a great college overall.
There were about 6 meeting and event planning students who graduated with this degree at Penn College in the most recent data year.
Located in the medium-sized suburb of Binghamton, SUNY Broome is a public school with a medium-sized student population. This school ranks 135th out of 142 colleges for overall quality in the state of New York.
There were roughly 7 meeting and event planning students who graduated with this degree at SUNY Broome in the most recent data year.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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 the rest 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).
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Your choice of meeting and event planning school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. For our Best Overall Meeting and Event Planning School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
