Massachusetts contains three schools that offer event management programs. Harvard University, the highest-ranking event management school in MA, has a total student population of 27,651 and is the highest ranked school in America.
Of the 3 event management schools in Massachusetts, only 2 have a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, Massachusetts Institute of Technology comes out as the most expensive ($18,756/yr), with Westfield State College as the lowest recorded at only $11,811/yr.
Event Management students from Massachusetts 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 Massachusetts alone, there are 240 employed emergency management specialists earning an average yearly salary of $75,570. Management employees in this state earn $117,640/yr and there are 182,640 employed.
Also, within the event management schools in Massachusetts, the average student population is 2,580 and average student-to-faculty ratio is 14 to 1. Aside from event management, there are 5364 total degree (or certificate) programs in the state, with 4,075 people on average applying for a school. Undergraduate tuition costs are normally around $5,628, but can vary widely depending on the type of school.
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