Kentucky contains eleven schools that offer event management programs. University of Wisconsin-Madison, the highest-ranking event management school in KY, has a total student population of 41,654 and is the 23rd highest ranked school in America.
Of the 11 event management schools in Kentucky, only 7 have a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, Saint Louis University-Main Campus comes out as the most expensive ($31,255/yr), with Washtenaw Community College as the lowest recorded at only $6,422/yr.
Event Management students from Kentucky 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 Kentucky alone, there are 170 employed emergency management specialists earning an average yearly salary of $37,190. Management employees in this state earn $81,840/yr and there are 80,740 employed.
Also, within the event management schools in Kentucky, the average student population is 2,555 and average student-to-faculty ratio is 16 to 1. Aside from event management, there are 2859 total degree (or certificate) programs in the state, with 2,477 people on average applying for a school. Undergraduate tuition costs are normally around $4,117, but can vary widely depending on the type of school.
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