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Best Schools for Meeting and Event Planning in California
If you are not interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the meeting and event planning degrees they offer, see the list below.
Top Schools in Meeting and Event Planning
No school ranked higher than San Diego State University this year for meeting and event planning. San Diego State University is a very large public school located in the city of San Diego. The six-year graduation rate is 76%. There were roughly 12 meeting and event planning students who graduated with this degree at San Diego State University in the most recent data year. Soon after graduation, meeting and event planning degree recipients from San Diego State University generally make around $40,009. San Diego State University graduates carry a median of $17,749 in student loans.
More information about a degree in meeting and event planning from San Diego State University
Notes and References
This list is compiled by College Factual (MF_RANKING_2025), 2026 edition. The methodology weighs graduation rate, post-graduation earnings, cost, and program quality, drawn primarily from the U.S. Department of Education (IPEDS and College Scorecard).
Ranking method: College Major Top Ranked · 1 school evaluated.
- The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE), serves as the core of our data about colleges.
- Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
More about our data sources and methodologies.
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