Meeting and Event Planning at Central 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 Central Washington University stacks up to those at other schools.

CWU is located in Ellensburg, Washington and approximately 11,174 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 3 meeting and event planning majors received their bachelor's degree from CWU.

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.

CWU Meeting and Event Planning Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Meeting and Event Planning

CWU Meeting and Event Planning Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the meeting and event planning progam at CWU 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 CWU 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
	5
	13
	25

Meeting and Event Planning Student Demographics at CWU

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

CWU Meeting and Event Planning Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 3 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in meeting and event planning from CWU. About 33% were men and 67% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 6% 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 Central Washington University with a bachelor's in meeting and event planning.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	0
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

CWU also has a doctoral program available in meeting and event planning. In 2021, 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 WA, the home state for Central Washington University.

Occupation	Jobs in WA	Average Salary in WA
Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners	2,650	$53,380

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 Bobak Ha’Eri under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.