2023 Best Meeting and Event Planning Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Southeast Region
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Ranked Colleges
273
Degrees Awarded
$35,400
Avg Cost*
With all of the options veterans have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Meeting and Event Planning for a Bachelor’s” ranking - to help you make that decision.
In 2020-2021, 989 people earned their degree in meeting and event planning, making the major the 522nd most popular in the United States.
Across the Southeast region, there were 389 meeting and event planning graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 273 meeting and event planning graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,400 and $27,180 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Meeting and Event Planning for a Bachelor’s” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in meeting and event planning. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent meeting and event planning programs, but they also offer a lot of support to veterans and active service members.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the meeting and event planning program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Meeting and Event Planning for a Bachelor’s
The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region bachelor’s degree vets studying meeting and event planning.
Top 2 Best Meeting and Event Planning Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Southeast Region
Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Meeting and Event Planning for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Central Florida landed the #1 spot on the list. University of Central Florida is a public institution located in Orlando, Florida. The school has a large population, and it awarded 247 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
UCF also made our “Best Meeting and Event Planning Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #1.Among the 71,881 students enrolled at University of Central Florida, 2,263 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 1,216 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $4,995. In addition to receiving other benefits, 8 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 92%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
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Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Meeting and Event Planning for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, High Point University landed the #2 spot on the list. High Point is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in High Point, North Carolina. It awarded 21 bachelors’s meeting and event planning degrees in 2020-2021.
High Point did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Meeting and Event Planning Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list.According to our most recent data, High Point University supports 5,617 students, and 119 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 56 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $7,813. To help with additional expenses, 44 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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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).
- Veteran-specific data can be found at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
- 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
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
- **GI Bill® student total includes all chapters of the GI Bill® program (e.g., Post-9/11, Montgomery GI Bill, Reserve Education Assistance Program, and Veteran Readiness and Employment)
- 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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