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2023 Best Value Finance & Financial Management Schools in Alabama

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$8,698 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$41,300 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Finance & Financial Management School for You

With 49 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, finance and financial management is the #66 most popular major in Alabama.

There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Best Value Finance & Financial Management Schools in Alabama ranking. This report analyzed 2 schools in Alabama to see which ones offered the best value programs for finance students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Finance & Financial Management Schools in Alabama

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Finance & Financial Management Colleges.

Best Alabama Schools for Affordable Quality in Finance & Financial Management

#1

Columbia Southern University

Orange Beach, AL
$5,775 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found Columbia Southern University to be the best value school for finance and financial management students who want to pursue a degree in Alabama. Located in the town of Orange Beach, Columbia Southern University is a private for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

Columbia Southern University undergraduate students pay an average of $5,775 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#2

The University of Alabama

Tuscaloosa, AL
$11,620 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means The University of Alabama is a great value for finance and financial management students. UA is a very large public school located in the city of Tuscaloosa.

UA undergraduate students pay an average of $11,620 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

UA did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our Best Finance & Financial Management Schools in Alabama list.

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Best Value Finance & Financial Management Colleges in the Southeast Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Virginia 63
Florida 356
Georgia 3
North Carolina 70
Tennessee 18
Kentucky 0
Louisiana 182
South Carolina 1
Mississippi 14
Arkansas 10
West Virginia 23

One of 20 majors within the area of study, finance and financial management has other similar majors worth exploring.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Business Administration & Management 131,555
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods 31,701
Accounting 19,309
Human Resource Management 12,117
General Business/Commerce 9,137

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 2 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Dave Dugdale.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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