Meeting and Event Planning at University of Central Florida

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

UCF is located in Orlando, Florida and has a total student population of 68,475. In 2019, 288 meeting and event planning majors received their bachelor's degree from UCF.

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.

UCF Meeting and Event Planning Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Meeting and Event Planning

UCF Meeting and Event Planning Rankings

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

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.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The meeting and event planning major at UCF 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
Most Popular Meeting and Event Planning Bachelor’s Degree Schools	1
Best Meeting and Event Planning Bachelor’s Degree Schools	4
Most Focused Meeting and Event Planning Schools	6

Meeting and Event Planning Student Demographics at UCF

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

UCF Meeting and Event Planning Bachelor’s Program

The meeting and event planning program at UCF awarded 288 bachelor's degrees in 2018-2019. About 7% of these degrees went to men with the other 93% going to women.

About 62% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in meeting and event planning at UCF are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 4% 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 University of Central Florida with a bachelor's in meeting and event planning.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	12
Black or African American	19
Hispanic or Latino	62
White	180
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	11

UCF 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

• Restaurant/Food Services Management
• General Hospitality Administration/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 FL, the home state for University of Central Florida.

Occupation	Jobs in FL	Average Salary in FL
Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners	7,540	$48,940

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 Breezy Baldwin under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.