Alabama has 8 ranked online MBAs at AACSB-accredited business schools,
7 at public universities and 1 at private ones, plus 1 listed below without a rank.
Every one can be completed fully online, so studying at one does not mean moving to
Alabama; the state matters mainly for price at public schools, and for readers who want a
school they know or a network where they work.
The ranking is the same one used nationally: graduate earnings from College Scorecard against
the tuition each school reports to AACSB. Cards are numbered by position in Alabama, and each
shows the program's national rank. Program summaries come from each school's own online MBA
page, with the date it was read. How the scores work.
The Top 8 Online MBA Programs In Alabama
In Alabama#1
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Auburn University
Online MBARaymond J. Harbert College of Business
Online MBA programs in Alabama · Auburn, Alabama · Public · AACSB business and accounting
Courses combine video capture of live full-time classes with studio-produced online delivery, and students set their own pace through 39 credit hours within a six-year window.
The curriculum has 13 three-hour courses (39 credit hours), made up of nine core business courses and four electives, and must be completed within six years. Most students take one or two courses a semester, and average completion is 31 months. Most courses use one of two formats, video capture of live full-time courses or studio-produced online delivery, and the TRAC (Team Resourced Applied Consulting) course may call for a campus trip depending on the semester, though it can be taken fully online.
No GMAT or GRE scores are required; applicants must be U.S. residents (U.S. military personnel excepted), and two years of work experience is preferred. Admitted students complete academic leveling work before their first semester, and classes begin in fall or spring. Students can add a graduate certificate or a concurrent master's degree in finance, information systems, supply chain management, or industrial and systems engineering.
Eleven concentration choices include one built for people working in the engineering industry and an HR track that prepares students for the SHRM Assurance of Learning Certificate.
The MBA is delivered 100 percent online with five start dates a year, and students finish in 12 to 18 months full time or 18 to 24 months part time. Everyone completes the 25-credit MBA Core, then adds a concentration or selects three electives (9 credits) to build a custom path.
Admission typically calls for a bachelor's degree or equivalent and a minimum 2.50 GPA, with no GMAT required, although requirements can vary by concentration and professional experience. Up to six semester hours of graduate credit may transfer in, and applicants with six to eight years of business experience can take the Executive concentration.
Whole-program tuition at Alabama's ranked online MBAs runs from $16,830 to $39,168, with a median of $26,370 , below the $32,265 median for all ranked programs. The 7 public programs have a median of $22,932, the 1 private ones $34,776.
2 public schools in Alabama report a lower price for residents:
Jacksonville State University: $20,352 for Alabama residents, $22,932 for everyone else.
Auburn University at Montgomery: $15,675 for Alabama residents, $17,085 for everyone else.
Tuition is the whole-program figure each school reports to AACSB. Schools update it on their own schedule and some exclude fees, so it can trail the price on the school's own site: Illinois reports $24,984 to AACSB for the iMBA, and its program page lists $27,288 in total tuition and fees. Use it to compare programs, and confirm the current price with the school.
What Managers Earn In Alabama
There is no federal figure for MBA salaries, but BLS reports pay by occupation, and general and
operations management is the broadest role MBA graduates move into. In Alabama its median is
$111,790, $6,020 above the national
$105,770, 17th highest of the 51 states BLS reports.
The middle of the range is wide: $55,160 at the 10th percentile and $243,600 at the 90th. The state has 30,170 people in the job. Figures are from the May 2025 release.
MBA salaries by occupation covers the other roles.
Alabama Online MBA Programs Listed Without A Rank
These AACSB-accredited schools report a fully online MBA but lack one of the two figures the
ranking needs: College Scorecard earnings for the school's business master's graduates, or a
tuition figure reported to AACSB.
University of Montevallo$33,810
Common Questions About Studying In Alabama
Is an online MBA worth it?
What can be checked is the price against the earnings. The 8 ranked Alabama programs report a median $26,370 for the whole degree, and their schools' business master's graduates earned a median $74,807 a year after finishing. No federal source reports what the same people would have earned without the degree, so that is a description of the group rather than a return.
Will federal aid pay for an online MBA?
Graduate students file the same FAFSA as undergraduates and the programs here are at accredited institutions, so federal loans are generally available; grants largely are not, since Pell is an undergraduate program. This site does not model aid: the tuition on every card is the published whole-program figure the school reports to AACSB, before any aid.
What is the best online MBA program in Alabama?
On this ranking, Auburn University, which is 18th of 286 nationally. University of North Alabama and University of Alabama in Huntsville are next in Alabama. The ranking weighs graduate earnings against tuition, so a program with high earnings and a high price can place below a cheaper one.
What is the cheapest online MBA in Alabama?
For Alabama residents, Auburn University at Montgomery at $15,675, its in-state price. For students from other states, University of North Alabama at $16,830. Both are whole-program figures the schools report to AACSB.
How many AACSB-accredited online MBA programs are there in Alabama?
9 AACSB-accredited schools in Alabama report a fully online MBA to AACSB. 8 of them are ranked here, and 1 is listed without a rank because a figure the ranking needs is not published.
What do managers earn in Alabama?
BLS puts the median for general and operations managers in Alabama at $111,790, $6,020 above the national median of $105,770. That is an occupation figure, not an MBA salary; federal data does not report pay by degree.
Online MBA Programs In Other States
An online MBA does not tie you to the school's state. 73 of the
202 public schools ranked here report a higher out-of-state price for it. These are
the other states with enough ranked programs for a page of their own.
Accreditation, online MBA offerings, concentrations and tuition: AACSB's list of accredited schools, retrieved September 21, 2026. Program details on that list are reported to AACSB by each school.
Graduate earnings and debt: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, field-of-study file (Most-Recent-Cohorts-Field-of-Study_06102026.zip), business master's in CIP 52.01 and 52.02.
Institution identifiers: IPEDS, used to match each AACSB school to its federal records.
