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2023 Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Schools in Alabama

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

20 Colleges
$14,075 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$43,005 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Business, Management & Marketing School for You

In 2020-2021, business, management and marketing students earned 4,164 degrees and certificates from an Alabama school, making the subject the 2nd in the state.

Today's students have 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. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Schools in Alabama to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 20 schools in Alabama to see which programs offered the best value experiences for business, management and marketing students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

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. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Schools in Alabama

Check out the business, management and marketing programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Top 10 Best Business, Management & Marketing Schools

#1

Columbia Southern University

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

Our 2023 rankings named Columbia Southern University the best value school in Alabama for business, management and marketing students. Located in the fringe town of Orange Beach, Columbia Southern University is a private for-profit school with a large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Columbia Southern University are $5,775 per year.

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#2

Auburn University

Auburn, AL
$11,826 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at Auburn University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best business, management and marketing schools in Alabama. Located in the city of Auburn, Auburn is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Auburn are $11,826 a year.

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

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$10,620 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of North Alabama. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Schools in Alabama list. UNA is a moderately-sized public school located in the city of Florence.

UNA undergraduate students pay an average of $10,620 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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$8,568 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Alabama at Birmingham. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Schools in Alabama list. Located in the city of Birmingham, UAB is a public college with a very large student population.

UAB undergraduate students pay an average of $8,568 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, Management & Marketing Schools in Alabama list.

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#5

The University of Alabama

Tuscaloosa, AL
$11,620 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 20 schools in Alabama that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Alabama landed the # 5 spot on the list. UA is a very large public school located in the city of Tuscaloosa.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at UA are $11,620 a year.

UA also took the #4 spot in our Best Business, Management & Marketing Schools in Alabama rankings.

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$9,060 Average Tuition & Fees

Athens State University landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value business, management and marketing programs. Located in the fringe town of Athens, Athens State University is a public college with a small student population.

Athens State University undergraduate students pay an average of $9,060 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#7

Troy University

Troy, AL
$9,312 Average Tuition & Fees

Troy University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best value schools for business, management and marketing students. It came in at #7 on the list. Located in the town of Troy, TROY is a public college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at TROY are $9,312 a year.

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$14,200 Average Tuition & Fees

With a ranking of #7, Herzing University - Birmingham did quite well on this year’s best value schools for business, management and marketing students. Herzing University - Birmingham is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Birmingham.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Herzing University - Birmingham are $14,200 a year.

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$11,488 Average Tuition & Fees

University of Alabama in Huntsville landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value business, management and marketing programs. UAH is a medium-sized public school located in the city of Huntsville.

UAH undergraduate students pay an average of $11,488 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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$8,756 Average Tuition & Fees

With a ranking of #10, University of South Alabama did quite well on this year’s best value schools for business, management and marketing students. Located in the city of Mobile, USA is a public college with a large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at USA are $8,756 a year.

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Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Colleges in the Southeast Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Mississippi 1,604
Florida 10,641
Virginia 6,276
Tennessee 3,234
North Carolina 6,200
Georgia 4,603
West Virginia 1,895
Louisiana 4,370
South Carolina 2,077
Kentucky 2,845
Arkansas 731

Business, Management & Marketing Majors to Study

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
Finance & Financial Management 5,784
Marketing 4,011
Management Information Systems 2,766
International Business 2,007
Entrepreneurial Studies 1,823
Taxation 1,350
Hospitality Management 1,341
Real Estate 1,280
Other Business, Management & Marketing 1,073
General Sales & Marketing 537
Construction Management 466
Specialized Sales, Merchandising & Marketing 180
Business/Managerial Economics 162
Insurance 143
Business/Corporate Communications 117
Telecommunications Management 23

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 20 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 Amit Savargaonkar.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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