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2023 Best Value Economics Schools in Alabama

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$11,723 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$41,887 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Economics School for You

In 2020-2021, 38 degrees and certificates were awarded to economics students who went to a Alabama college or university. This makes it the #73 most popular major in the state.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Best Value Economics Schools in Alabama ranking. This report analyzed 2 schools in Alabama to see which ones offered the best value programs for economics 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 Economics Schools in Alabama

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Economics Colleges.

Best Alabama Schools for Affordable Quality in Economics

#1

Auburn University

Auburn, AL
$11,826 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found Auburn University to be the best value school for economics students who want to pursue a degree in Alabama. Located in the small city of Auburn, Auburn is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Auburn undergraduate students pay an average of $11,826 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Auburn also took the #1 spot in our Best Economics Schools in Alabama rankings.

Read full report on Economics at Auburn University

#2

The University of Alabama

Tuscaloosa, AL
$11,620 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in Alabama that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Alabama landed the # 2 spot on the list. UA is a fairly large public school located in the city of Tuscaloosa.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UA are $11,620 per year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, UA is ranked #4 for overall quality for economics in Alabama.

Read full report on Economics at The University of Alabama

Best Value Economics Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Value Economics Colleges in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Virginia 128
Florida 110
Georgia 123
North Carolina 193
Tennessee 71
Kentucky 20
Louisiana 20
South Carolina 29
Mississippi 14
Arkansas 14
West Virginia 8

One of 12 majors within the area of study, economics has other similar majors worth exploring.

Majors Similar to Economics

Related Major Annual Graduates
International Relations & National Security 5,010
Political Science & Government 2,664
Geography & Cartography 2,315
Sociology 1,907
Anthropology 1,446

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 pixabay.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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