2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Meeting and Event Planning in the Great Lakes Region (With Aid)

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 a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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

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 master’s degree level specifically, there were 4 meeting and event planning graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,039 and $42,488 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality meeting and event planning programs that also have a lower cost than 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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 a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid”.

You can create your own custom comparison that focuses on the factors most important to you using our tool, College Combat. If you’re torn between two schools, you can use it to help you see how they stack up against one another. Bookmark it so you can compare any new schools that might interest you.

Best Value Meeting and Event Planning Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region master’s degree meeting and event planning students with aid.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Meeting and Event Planning in the Great Lakes Region (With Aid)

#1

Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis

Indianapolis, Indiana

#1 in overall quality

$26,013 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Meeting and Event Planning Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid list. This large school is located in Indianapolis, Indiana, and it awarded 4 masters’s meeting and event planning degrees in 2019-2020.

IUPUI also took the #1 spot in our “Best Meeting and Event Planning Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at IUPUI are $26,013, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Meeting and Event Planning at IUPUI

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Meeting and Event Planning (With Aid)

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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