Meeting and Event Planning at Madison Area Technical College

What traits are you looking for in a meeting and event planning school? To help you decide if Madison Area Technical College is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's meeting and event planning program.

Madison College is located in Madison, Wisconsin and approximately 15,250 students attend the school each year.

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.

Madison College Meeting and Event Planning Degrees Available

• Associate’s Degree in Meeting and Event Planning

Online Classes Are Available at Madison College

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

For those who are interested in distance learning, Madison College does offer online courses in meeting and event planning for the following degree levels:

• Associate’s Degree

Madison College Meeting and Event Planning Rankings

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Meeting and Event Planning Student Demographics at Madison College

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the meeting and event planning majors at Madison Area Technical College.

Madison College Meeting and Event Planning Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 12% of meeting and event planning associate's degrees went to men and 88% went to women.

The majority of those who receive an associate's degree in meeting and event planning at Madison College are white. Around 62% fell into this category, which is typical for this degree. Madison College does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in meeting and event planning graduates 6% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Madison Area Technical College with a associate's in meeting and event planning.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	5
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Related Majors

• General Hospitality Administration/Management
• Hotel, Motel, and Restaurant 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 WI, the home state for Madison Area Technical College.

Occupation	Jobs in WI	Average Salary in WI
Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners	1,700	$46,160

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.