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2023 Best Value Business Administration & Management Graduate Certificate Schools in Alabama

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

6 Colleges
$10,872 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$64,635 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Business Administration & Management Graduate Certificate School for You

In 2020-2021, business administration and management students earned 7,031 degrees and certificates from an Alabama school, making the subject the 2nd in the state.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

The Best Value Business Administration & Management Graduate Certificate Schools in Alabama ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 6 schools in Alabama to see which ones offered the best value graduate certificate programs for business administration students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Business Administration & Management Graduate Certificate Schools in Alabama

Check out the business administration graduate certificate programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best Alabama Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Business Administration & Management

#1

Columbia Southern University

Orange Beach, AL

Our 2023 rankings named Columbia Southern University the best value school in Alabama for business administration and management students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the town of Orange Beach, Columbia Southern University is a private for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Columbia Southern University are $4,035 a year. The average amount in student loans that business administration majors at Columbia Southern University take out while working on their Graduate Certificate is $30,429.

Columbia Southern University did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best Business Administration & Management Graduate Certificate Schools in Alabama list.

Read full report on Business Administration & Management at Columbia Southern University

#2

Auburn University

Auburn, AL

Out of the 6 schools in Alabama that were part of this year’s ranking, Auburn University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the city of Auburn, Auburn is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Auburn graduate students pay an average of $11,826 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Auburn is ranked #1 for overall quality for business administration in Alabama.

Full Business Administration & Management at Auburn University Report

Out of the 6 schools in Alabama that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Alabama at Birmingham landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the city of Birmingham, UAB is a public college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UAB are $8,100 a year.

UAB also made our Best Business Administration & Management Graduate Certificate Schools in Alabama list, coming in at #5.

Read full report on Business Administration & Management at University of Alabama at Birmingham

Out of the 6 schools in Alabama that were part of this year’s ranking, Herzing University - Birmingham landed the # 4 spot on the list. Herzing University - Birmingham is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Birmingham.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Herzing University - Birmingham are $11,680 a year.

Full Business Administration & Management at Herzing University - Birmingham Report

The excellent graduate certificate programs at University of Alabama in Huntsville helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value business administration and management schools in Alabama. UAH is a moderately-sized public school located in the midsize city of Huntsville.

UAH graduate students pay an average of $11,686 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Read full report on Business Administration & Management at University of Alabama in Huntsville

Strayer University - Alabama ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Business Administration & Management Graduate Certificate Schools in Alabama list. Located in the medium-sized city of Birmingham, Strayer University - Alabama is a private for-profit college with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Strayer University - Alabama are $15,135 a year.

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Best Value Business Administration & Management Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Value Business Administration & Management Colleges in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Georgia 7,852
Virginia 11,308
North Carolina 10,472
Florida 18,071
Tennessee 6,169
Kentucky 2,692
South Carolina 4,017
Louisiana 5,195
Arkansas 2,031
Mississippi 2,589
West Virginia 4,631

One of 21 majors within the area of study, business administration and management has other similar majors worth exploring.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Accounting 99,265
Finance & Financial Management 57,778
General Business/Commerce 56,042
Marketing 52,916
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods 43,382

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 6 schools only.

  • 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 the rest 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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