Georgia contains three schools that offer event management programs. Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus, the highest-ranking event management school in GA, has a total student population of 20,291 and is the 66th highest ranked school in America.
Of the 3 event management schools in Georgia, only 1 has a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, Savannah College of Art and Design comes out as the most expensive ($30,092/yr), with Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus as the lowest recorded at only $8,258/yr.
Event Management students from Georgia schools who go on to become event managers, event planners, management specialists, organizational management specialists, etc. have a good chance at finding employment. For example, there are 6,116,380 people working as management employees alone in the US, and their average annual salary is $102,900. Also, Emergency management specialists make on average $56,900 per year and there are about 13,060 of them employed in the US today. In fact, in the Georgia alone, there are 310 employed emergency management specialists earning an average yearly salary of $52,020. Management employees in this state earn $99,180/yr and there are 220,240 employed.
Also, within the event management schools in Georgia, the average student population is 2,956 and average student-to-faculty ratio is 19 to 1. Aside from event management, there are 5022 total degree (or certificate) programs in the state, with 3,167 people on average applying for a school. Undergraduate tuition costs are normally around $3,057, but can vary widely depending on the type of school.
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