Washington contains two schools that offer event management programs. University of Idaho, the highest-ranking event management school in WA, has a total student population of 11,957 and is the 243rd highest ranked school in America.
Of the 2 event management schools in Washington, 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 Montana State University as the lowest recorded at only $8,654/yr.
Event Management students from Washington 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 Washington alone, there are 420 employed emergency management specialists earning an average yearly salary of $61,180. Management employees in this state earn $110,550/yr and there are 113,180 employed.
Also, within the event management schools in Washington, the average student population is 3,354 and average student-to-faculty ratio is 17 to 1. Aside from event management, there are 3883 total degree (or certificate) programs in the state, with 2,017 people on average applying for a school. Undergraduate tuition costs are normally around $3,803, but can vary widely depending on the type of school.
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