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2023 Most Popular Online Business Graduate Certificate Schools in Alabama

5 Schools Ranked
$31,086 Avg Student Debt

A business student has lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools and bootcamps that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

The Most Popular Online Business Graduate Certificate Schools in Alabama ranking is one of many tools that Business Degree Central has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 5 schools in Alabama to see which ones had the most popular online graduate certificate programs for business students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.

Learn more about these popular schools with online programs:

#1

Auburn University

Auburn, Alabama
103 Total Awards
$11,826 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named Auburn University the most popular school in Alabama for business students working on their graduate certificate. Auburn, Alabama is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out graduate certificates to 103 students in 2020-2021.

Of those students who received their degree, 44% were women.

Around 35% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.

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#2

Columbia Southern University

Orange Beach, Alabama
25 Total Awards
$4,035 Average Tuition & Fees
$31,086 Avg Student Debt

Out of the 5 schools in Alabama that were part of this year’s ranking, Columbia Southern University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Columbia Southern University is a private for-profit institution located in Orange Beach, Alabama. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 25 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.

On average, graduate certificate students take out $31,086 in loans while pursuing their degree. Of those students who received their degree, 44% were women.

If you are interested in distance education, Columbia Southern University is an excellent choice, since graduate classes are offered online.

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#3

Spring Hill College

Mobile, Alabama
16 Total Awards

Out of the 5 schools in Alabama that were part of this year’s ranking, Spring Hill College landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in Mobile, Alabama, the small private not-for-profit school handed out 16 graduate certificate awards in 2020-2021.

Around 44% of those degree recipients were women.

In 2019-2020 about 75% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.

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#4

Strayer University - Alabama

Birmingham, Alabama
9 Total Awards
$15,135 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 5 schools in Alabama that were part of this year’s ranking, Strayer University - Alabama landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in Birmingham, Alabama, the small private for-profit school awarded 9 diplomas to qualifed graduate certificate students in 2020-2021.

Around 100% of those degree recipients were women.

Since the graduate programs at Strayer University - Alabama are primarily online school, so it is a great choice for returning adults and students who work full time.

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#5

Herzing University - Birmingham

Birmingham, Alabama
2 Total Awards
$11,680 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Herzing University - Birmingham is a great place for business students working on their graduate certificate. Herzing University - Birmingham is a private not-for-profit institution located in Birmingham, Alabama. The school has a very small population, and it awarded 2 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.

Around 100% of those degree recipients were women.

Interested in an online degree? Then you definitely want to check out Herzing University - Birmingham. Every graduate student at the school took at least one class online.

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Notes and References

Footnotes

*These averages are for the top 5 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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