2022 Best Value General Business Schools for a Master’s in Alabama For Those Making $0-$30k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value General Business Schools for a Master’s in Alabama For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 55,749 people earned their degree in general business/commerce, making the major the 13th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, general business/commerce graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $40,821 and had an average of $25,596 in loans still to pay off.

Across Alabama, there were 311 general business/commerce graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,600 and $26,873 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 20 general business/commerce graduates with average earnings and debt of $54,487 and $41,507 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent general business/commerce programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the general business/commerce program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value General Business Schools for a Master’s in Alabama For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value General Business Schools for a Master’s in Alabama For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Business/Commerce (Income $0-$30k) in Alabama

#1

Auburn University at Montgomery

Montgomery, Alabama

#1 in overall quality

$17,812 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$59,576 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value General Business Schools for a Master’s in Alabama For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Auburn University at Montgomery landed the #1 spot on the list. AUM is located in Montgomery, Alabama and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 20 masters’s general business degrees to qualified students.

AUM also made our “Best General Business/Commerce Master’s Degree Schools in Alabama” list, coming in at #1. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at AUM are $17,812.

Read full report on General Business/Commerce at Auburn University at Montgomery

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Business/Commerce (Income $0-$30k) in the Southeast Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Business/Commerce (Income $0-$30k)

Notes and References

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%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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