2023 Most Popular Business Doctor's Degree Schools in Alabama
A business student has lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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 Most Popular Business Doctor's Degree Schools in Alabama ranking. This report analyzed 5 schools in Alabama to see which ones were the most popular doctor's degree programs for business students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from each school on the list.
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Most Popular Business Doctor's Degree Schools in Alabama
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Our analysis found Columbia Southern University to be the most popular school for business students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in Alabama. Columbia Southern University is a fairly large private for-profit school situated in Orange Beach, Alabama. It awarded 42 doctor’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Around 45% of those degree recipients were women.
Since the graduate programs at Columbia Southern University are primarily online school, so it is a great choice for returning adults and students who work full time.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Alabama. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Business Doctor’s Degree Schools in Alabama list. UA is a large public school situated in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. It awarded 13 doctor’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Around 54% of those degree recipients were women.
UA does offer online graduate classes for certain degree levels. In fact, around 71% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
You’ll be in good company if you attend University of South Alabama. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Most Popular Business Doctor’s Degree Schools in Alabama list. This fairly large public school is located in Mobile, Alabama, and it awarded 8 doctor’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Around 75% of those degree recipients were women.
Online graduate courses are available at USA, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 75% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
The excellent doctor’s degree programs at Auburn University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular business schools in Alabama. Auburn is a large public school situated in Auburn, Alabama. It awarded 8 doctor’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Of those students who received their degree, 13% were women.
One thing to take note of is that Auburn does offer online graduate classes in some areas. During the 2019-2020 year, about 35% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
Out of the 5 schools in Alabama that were part of this year’s ranking, University of North Alabama landed the # 5 spot on the list.
If you are interested in distance education, be sure to check with the school since UNA does offer online graduate classes for certain majors. In 2019-2020 about 95% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
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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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