Meeting and Event Planning at George Washington University

Every meeting and event planning school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the meeting and event planning program at George Washington University stacks up to those at other schools.

GWU is located in Washington, District of Columbia and has a total student population of 28,172. Of the 762 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from George Washington University in 2019, 36 of them were meeting and event planning majors.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Meeting and Event Planning section at the bottom of this page.

GWU Meeting and Event Planning Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Meeting and Event Planning

GWU Meeting and Event Planning Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the meeting and event planning progam at GWU compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The meeting and event planning major at GWU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Meeting and Event Planning. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
Best Meeting and Event Planning Bachelor’s Degree Schools	2

Meeting and Event Planning Student Demographics at GWU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the meeting and event planning majors at George Washington University.

GWU Meeting and Event Planning Bachelor’s Program

Of the 36 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Meeting and Event Planning from GWU in 2018-2019, 53% were men and 47% were women. The typical meeting and event planning bachelor's degree program is made up of only 13% men. So male students are more repesented at GWU since its program graduates 40% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 2% more racial-ethnic minorities in its meeting and event planning bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from George Washington University with a bachelor's in meeting and event planning.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	18
International Students	5
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

GWU also has a doctoral program available in meeting and event planning. In 2019, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• General Hospitality Administration/Management
• Tourism and Travel Services Management

Careers That Meeting and Event Planning Grads May Go Into

A degree in meeting and event planning can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for DC, the home state for George Washington University.

Occupation	Jobs in DC	Average Salary in DC
Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners	2,510	$67,970

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Michiel1972 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.