2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Adult & Continuing Education in Alabama (With Aid)

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Adult and Continuing Ed Schools for a Master’s in Alabama For Those Getting Aid” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 1,103 people earned their degree in adult and continuing education, making the major the 416th most popular in the United States.

Across Alabama, there were 62 adult and continuing education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 58 adult and continuing education graduates with average earnings and debt of $54,487 and $41,507 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Adult and Continuing Ed Schools for a Master’s in Alabama For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in adult and continuing education. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent adult and continuing education programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the adult and continuing education program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Adult and Continuing Ed Schools for a Master’s in Alabama For Those Getting Aid” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Adult and Continuing Ed Schools for a Master’s in Alabama For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for alabama master’s degree adult and continuing ed students with aid.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Adult & Continuing Education in Alabama (With Aid)

#1

University of West Alabama

Livingston, Alabama

#1 in overall quality

$13,546 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of West Alabama. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Adult and Continuing Ed Schools for a Master’s in Alabama For Those Getting Aid. Located in Livingston, Alabama, this medium-sized public school awarded 29 degrees to qualified masters’s adult and continuing ed students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at University of West Alabama, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Adult & Continuing Education Master’s Degree Schools in Alabama” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of West Alabama are $13,546, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full University of West Alabama Adult & Continuing Education Report

#2

Troy University

Troy, Alabama

#2 in overall quality

$16,156 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Adult and Continuing Ed Schools for a Master’s in Alabama For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Troy University landed the #2 spot on the list. Troy, Alabama is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s adult and continuing ed degrees to 29 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at TROY, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Adult & Continuing Education Master’s Degree Schools in Alabama” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at TROY are $16,156, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Adult & Continuing Education at Troy University

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Adult & Continuing Education in the Southeast Region (With Aid)
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Adult & Continuing Education (With Aid)

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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