Hawaii contains two schools that offer event management programs. University of Idaho, the highest-ranking event management school in HI, has a total student population of 11,957 and is the 243rd highest ranked school in America.
Of the 2 event management schools in Hawaii, both of them have a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, University of Idaho comes out as the most expensive ($13,222/yr), with California State Polytechnic University-Pomona as the lowest recorded at only $10,756/yr.
Event Management students from Hawaii 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 Hawaii alone, there are 80 employed emergency management specialists earning an average yearly salary of $53,300. Management employees in this state earn $88,330/yr and there are 29,230 employed.
Also, within the event management schools in Hawaii, the average student population is 3,134 and average student-to-faculty ratio is 17 to 1. Aside from event management, there are 704 total degree (or certificate) programs in the state, with 1,845 people on average applying for a school. Undergraduate tuition costs are normally around $3,000, but can vary widely depending on the type of school.
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