2022 Best Value Meeting and Event Planning Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Meeting and Event Planning Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking.

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 Southeast region, there were 359 meeting and event planning graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 4 meeting and event planning graduates with average earnings and debt of $31,631 and $18,547 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.

One Size Does Not Fit All

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 “Best Value Meeting and Event Planning Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k”.

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

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Meeting and Event Planning (Income $0-$30k) in the Southeast Region

#1

Sullivan University

Louisville, Kentucky

#1 in overall quality

$22,102 Average Net Price

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Meeting and Event Planning Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Sullivan University landed the #1 spot on the list. Sullivan University is a small school located in Louisville, Kentucky that handed out 4 associates’s meeting and event planning degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Sullivan University, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Meeting and Event Planning Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. It costs about $22,102 for southeast region associate degree meeting and event planning students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Sullivan University.

The student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.

Read full report on Meeting and Event Planning at Sullivan University

• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Meeting and Event Planning (Income $0-$30k)

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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