Wilson, NC (population: 49,786) has one wedding planning school within a 100-mile radius of its city center. Nash Community College has a total student population of 3,219. It is the 5867th highest ranked school in the USA and the 150th highest in the state of North Carolina (#1 is Duke University).
Wedding Planning students from Wilson schools who go on to become wedding planners, event planners, wedding consultants, bridal consultants, etc. have a good chance at finding employment. For example, there are 51,530 people working as meeting and convention planners alone in the US, and their average annual salary is $48,060. Also, Travel agents make on average $32,450 per year and there are about 76,990 of them employed in the US today.
Wilson lies in Wilson county, which is one of the 64 counties in North Carolina. Overall, the Other North Carolina nonmetropolitan area has 298,390 total employed workers according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, with a 0.7% unemployment rate, $15.90/hr average worker wage, and a $33,070 average annual salary.
After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, Nash Community College ends up costing a student $481/yr.
Name | State | Population | # of Schools | Avg School Rank | Total Programs | Distance from Wilson |
Rocky Mount | NC | 57,428 | 2 | 10.9274 | 84 | 17.1 miles |
Tarboro | NC | - | 1 | 20.0774 | 40 | 24.4 miles |
Greenville | NC | 85,963 | 10 | 31.6955 | 630 | 32.2 miles |
Raleigh | NC | 421,938 | 10 | 29.4746 | 493 | 42.0 miles |
Cary | NC | 145,939 | 1 | 22.8054 | 14 | 49.5 miles |
Weldon | NC | - | 1 | 13.6824 | 51 | 51.5 miles |
Durham | NC | 235,337 | 9 | 27.0185 | 371 | 58.1 miles |
Chapel Hill | NC | 53,800 | 1 | 88.0971 | 148 | 64.3 miles |
New Bern | NC | - | 1 | 11.0361 | 45 | 65.5 miles |
Fayetteville | NC | 177,632 | 7 | 29.3341 | 376 | 71.7 miles |
Alberta | VA | - | 1 | 15.5248 | 32 | 78.6 miles |
Burlington | NC | 53,389 | 3 | 40.9051 | 223 | 89.1 miles |
Morehead City | NC | - | 1 | 9.34196 | 42 | 97.0 miles |
Suffolk | VA | 84,501 | 2 | 10.9214 | 2 | 98.0 miles |