Wisconsin contains four schools that offer event management programs. University of Wisconsin-Madison, the highest-ranking event management school in WI, has a total student population of 41,654 and is the 23rd highest ranked school in America.
Of the 4 event management schools in Wisconsin, only 3 have a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, University of Wisconsin-Madison comes out as the most expensive ($15,047/yr), with University of Wisconsin-River Falls as the lowest recorded at only $8,946/yr.
Event Management students from Wisconsin 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 Wisconsin alone, there are 260 employed emergency management specialists earning an average yearly salary of $53,910. Management employees in this state earn $92,240/yr and there are 108,760 employed.
Also, within the event management schools in Wisconsin, the average student population is 3,620 and average student-to-faculty ratio is 15 to 1. Aside from event management, there are 4047 total degree (or certificate) programs in the state, with 2,987 people on average applying for a school. Undergraduate tuition costs are normally around $4,857, but can vary widely depending on the type of school.
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