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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Meeting and Event Planning (Income $75-$110k) in the Southeast Region

4 Ranked Colleges
248 Degrees Awarded
$28,700 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Meeting and Event Planning Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southeast Region For Those Making $75-$110k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking.

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

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 $75-$110k” ranking analyzed 4 colleges that offered a degree in meeting and event planning. 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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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 a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $75-$110k”.

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Best Value Meeting and Event Planning Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $75-$110k

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 $75-$110k.

Top 4 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Meeting and Event Planning (Income $75-$110k) in the Southeast Region

#1 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 $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Central Florida landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Orlando, Florida, this large public school awarded 221 degrees to qualified bachelors’s meeting and event planning students in 2019-2020.

UCF also made our “Best Meeting and Event Planning Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #1. It costs about $15,192 for southeast region bachelor’s degree meeting and event planning students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend University of Central Florida.

With a freshman retention rate of 92%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. 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%.

Full UCF Meeting and Event Planning Report

#2

Meredith College

Raleigh, North Carolina
#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Meredith College. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Meeting and Event Planning Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. Meredith College is a small school located in Raleigh, North Carolina that handed out 1 bachelors’s meeting and event planning degrees in 2019-2020.

Meredith not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Meeting and Event Planning Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Meredith College is $24,994 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Meeting and Event Planning students whose families make $75-$110k.

With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. 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

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend High Point University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Meeting and Event Planning Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. Located in High Point, North Carolina, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school awarded 18 degrees to qualified bachelors’s meeting and event planning students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southeast region bachelor’s degree meeting and event planning students whose families make $75-$110k list, High Point has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Meeting and Event Planning Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend High Point is $36,174 for southeast region bachelor’s degree meeting and event planning students whose families make $75-$110k.

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 join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Lynn University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Meeting and Event Planning Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $75-$110k. Located in Boca Raton, Florida, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 8 degrees to qualified bachelors’s meeting and event planning students in 2019-2020.

Lynn University Fighting Knights also took the #4 spot in our “Best Meeting and Event Planning Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Lynn University is $38,370 for southeast region bachelor’s degree meeting and event planning students whose families make $75-$110k.

Full Lynn University Fighting Knights 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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