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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

Out of the majors we analyze each year, business administration and management was the most popular one in Alabama. In total, 3,064 people earned a degree or certificate in the field from a school in Alabama.

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.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Best Value Business Administration & Management Graduate Certificate Schools in Alabama ranking. 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 fringe town of Orange Beach, Columbia Southern University is a private for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

Columbia Southern University graduate students pay an average of $4,035 in in-state tuition and fees each 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 not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #2 on our Best Business Administration & Management Graduate Certificate Schools in Alabama list.

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#2

Auburn University

Auburn, AL

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Auburn University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Business Administration & Management Graduate Certificate Schools in Alabama list. Located in the small city of Auburn, Auburn is a public college with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Auburn are $11,826 per year.

Auburn also made our Best Business Administration & Management Graduate Certificate Schools in Alabama list, coming in at #1.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Alabama at Birmingham. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Business Administration & Management Graduate Certificate Schools in Alabama list. Located in the midsize city of Birmingham, UAB is a public college with a very large student population.

UAB graduate students pay an average of $8,100 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

UAB not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #5 on our Best Business Administration & Management Graduate Certificate Schools in Alabama list.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Herzing University - Birmingham. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Business Administration & Management Graduate Certificate Schools in Alabama list. Herzing University - Birmingham is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Birmingham.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Herzing University - Birmingham are $11,680 per year.

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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 medium-sized public school located in the city of Huntsville.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UAH are $11,686 a year.

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Strayer University - Alabama did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for business administration and management students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #6 on the list. Located in the medium-sized city of Birmingham, Strayer University - Alabama is a private for-profit school with a small student population.

Strayer University - Alabama graduate students pay an average of $15,135 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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Best Value Business Administration & Management Colleges in the Southeast Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Virginia 4,501
Florida 6,459
Georgia 2,352
North Carolina 3,290
Tennessee 2,285
Kentucky 1,040
Louisiana 3,270
South Carolina 1,189
Mississippi 1,096
Arkansas 469
West Virginia 1,201

Business Administration & Management is one of 20 different types of programs to choose from.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods 31,701
Accounting 19,309
Human Resource Management 12,117
General Business/Commerce 9,137
Finance & Financial Management 5,784

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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