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Identifying High-Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for business students. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools and bootcamps that offer fast-track entry to many fields.
To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Business Degree Central has created its <nil> ranking.
When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.
Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.
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Top Value Business Graduate Certificate Schools in Alabama
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Our analysis found Columbia Southern University to be the best value school for business students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in Alabama. This fairly large private for-profit school is located in Orange Beach, Alabama, and it awarded 25 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.
Columbia Southern University graduate students pay an average of $4,035 in tuition and fees each year. By the time they get their graduate certificate, students from this school have racked up an average of $31,086 in student loans.
Interested in an online degree? Then you definitely want to check out Columbia Southern University. Every graduate student at the school took at least one class online.
In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Columbia Southern University is ranked #3 for overall quality in Alabama.
A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Auburn University is a great place for business students working on their graduate certificate who want the most bang for their educational buck. Auburn is a public institution located in Auburn, Alabama. The school has a large population, and it awarded 103 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Auburn are $31,986 per year.
Depending on your major, you may be able to take online graduate classes at Auburn. In 2019-2020 about 35% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
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 in Alabama.
A rank of #3 on this year’s list means University of North Alabama is a great place for business students working on their graduate certificate who want the most bang for their educational buck. University of North Alabama is a medium-sized public school located in Florence, Alabama that handed out 2 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UNA are $13,860 a year.
UNA does offer online graduate classes for certain degree levels. In 2019-2020 about 95% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, UNA is ranked #5 for overall quality in Alabama.
Out of the 6 schools in Alabama that were part of this year’s value ranking, University of Alabama at Birmingham landed the # 4 spot on the list. This large public school is located in Birmingham, Alabama, and it awarded 22 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UAB are $19,188 per year.
Some students may be able to take online graduate classes at UAB. In fact, around 58% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
UAB also took the #4 spot in our rankings.
The excellent graduate certificate programs at Herzing University - Birmingham helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value business schools in Alabama. Located in Birmingham, Alabama, the very small private not-for-profit school handed out 2 graduate certificate awards in 2020-2021.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Herzing University - Birmingham are $11,680 per year.
If you are interested in distance education, Herzing University - Birmingham is an excellent choice, since graduate classes are offered online.
Herzing University - Birmingham also took the #2 spot in our rankings.
University of Alabama in Huntsville landed the #6 spot in the rankings for the best value graduate certificate business programs. Huntsville, Alabama is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out graduate certificates to 9 students in 2020-2021.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UAH are $25,484 a year.
One thing to take note of is that UAH does offer online graduate classes in some areas. In fact, around 88% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
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Notes and References
Footnotes
*These averages are for the top 6 schools only.
References
- 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 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).
- Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.
More about our data sources and methodologies.
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