Virginia contains sixteen schools that offer event management programs. Haverford College, the highest-ranking event management school in VA, has a total student population of 1,190 and is the 54th highest ranked school in America.
Of the 16 event management schools in Virginia, only 6 have a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, Pratt Institute-Main comes out as the most expensive ($35,506/yr), with CUNY New York City College of Technology as the lowest recorded at only $6,318/yr.
Event Management students from Virginia 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 Virginia alone, there are 540 employed emergency management specialists earning an average yearly salary of $72,710. Management employees in this state earn $110,810/yr and there are 155,320 employed.
Also, within the event management schools in Virginia, the average student population is 3,287 and average student-to-faculty ratio is 16 to 1. Aside from event management, there are 3782 total degree (or certificate) programs in the state, with 2,568 people on average applying for a school. Undergraduate tuition costs are normally around $4,181, but can vary widely depending on the type of school.
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