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2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Meeting and Event Planning (Income $0-$30k) in the Great Lakes Region

5 Ranked Colleges
41 Degrees Awarded
$6,800 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Meeting and Event Planning Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Meeting and Event Planning Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k” 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 Making $0-$30k” ranking looked at 5 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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.

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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Best Value Meeting and Event Planning Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k

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 Making $0-$30k.

Top 5 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Meeting and Event Planning (Income $0-$30k) in the Great Lakes Region

#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 Making $0-$30k list. Dayton, Ohio is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s meeting and event planning degrees to 15 students in 2019-2020.

Sinclair Community College not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Meeting and Event Planning Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. It costs about $2,567 for Great Lakes Region Associate Degree Meeting and Event Planning students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Sinclair Community College.

Full Sinclair Community College Meeting and Event Planning Report

#2

Madison Area Technical College

Madison, Wisconsin
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Madison Area Technical College. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Meeting and Event Planning Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Madison College is a fairly large school located in Madison, Wisconsin that handed out 7 associates’s meeting and event planning degrees in 2019-2020.

Madison College not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Meeting and Event Planning Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. It costs about $7,258 for great lakes region associate degree meeting and event planning students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Madison College.

Read more about Meeting and Event Planning at Madison College

#3

Milwaukee Area Technical College

Milwaukee, Wisconsin
#4 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 For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Milwaukee Area Technical College landed the #3 spot on the 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.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at MATC, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Meeting and Event Planning Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. It costs about $7,340 for great lakes region associate degree meeting and event planning students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend MATC.

Read full report on Meeting and Event Planning at Milwaukee Area Technical College

#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 Making $0-$30k. FVTC is a fairly large public school situated in Appleton, Wisconsin. It awarded 8 associates’s meeting and event planning degrees in 2019-2020.

FVTC also took the #2 spot in our “Best Meeting and Event Planning Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend FVTC is $8,385 for Great Lakes Region Associate Degree Meeting and Event Planning students whose families make $0-$30k.

Read more about Meeting and Event Planning at Fox Valley Technical College

#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 For Those Making $0-$30k. Northeast Wisconsin Technical College is a fairly large public school situated in Green Bay, Wisconsin. It awarded 4 associates’s meeting and event planning degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at NWTC, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best Meeting and Event Planning Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. It costs about $8,506 for Great Lakes Region Associate Degree Meeting and Event Planning students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend NWTC.

Full NWTC 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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