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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Meeting and Event Planning (Income $30-$48k) in the Southeast Region

4 Ranked Colleges
248 Degrees Awarded
$22,900 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Meeting and Event Planning Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Meeting and Event Planning Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k” 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 Southeast region, there were 359 meeting and event planning graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 248 meeting and event planning graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,277 and $25,415 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Meeting and Event Planning Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking looked at 4 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in meeting and event planning. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality meeting and event planning programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the meeting and event planning program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Meeting and Event Planning Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Meeting and Event Planning Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Meeting and Event Planning Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 4 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Meeting and Event Planning (Income $30-$48k) in the Southeast Region

#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Central Florida. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Meeting and Event Planning Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k. UCF is a large school located in Orlando, Florida that handed out 221 bachelors’s meeting and event planning degrees in 2019-2020.

UCF did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Meeting and Event Planning Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for University of Central Florida is $7,847 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Meeting and Event Planning students whose families make $30-$48k.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 92%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low student loan default rate of 4.2% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Read more about Meeting and Event Planning at University of Central Florida

#2

Meredith College

Raleigh, North Carolina
#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Meredith College. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Meeting and Event Planning Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k. Meredith is a small school located in Raleigh, North Carolina that handed out 1 bachelors’s meeting and event planning degrees in 2019-2020.

Meredith did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Meeting and Event Planning Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Meredith is $19,130 for southeast region bachelor’s degree meeting and event planning students whose families make $30-$48k.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

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#3

High Point University

High Point, North Carolina
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Meeting and Event Planning Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, High Point University landed the #3 spot on the list. High Point University is located in High Point, North Carolina and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 18 bachelors’s meeting and event planning degrees to qualified students.

High Point also made our “Best Meeting and Event Planning Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #2. The estimated yearly cost for High Point University is $29,052 for southeast region bachelor’s degree meeting and event planning students whose families make $30-$48k.

The student loan default rate at the school is 4.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

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#4

Lynn University

Boca Raton, Florida
#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Lynn University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Meeting and Event Planning Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Lynn University is a small school located in Boca Raton, Florida that handed out 8 bachelors’s meeting and event planning degrees in 2019-2020.

Lynn University Fighting Knights also made our “Best Meeting and Event Planning Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #4. The estimated yearly cost for Lynn University is $35,664 for southeast region bachelor’s degree meeting and event planning students whose families make $30-$48k.

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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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