2023 Most Popular Online Bachelor's Degree Trade Schools in Alabama
There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which trade school program is right for you. 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.
The Most Popular Online Bachelor's Degree Trade Schools in Alabama ranking is one of many tools that Trade College Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in Alabama to see which online bachelor's degree programs were the most popular for trade school students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.
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Most Popular Online Trade School Bachelor's Degree Schools in Alabama
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Our 2023 rankings named Columbia Southern University the most popular school in Alabama for trade school students working on their bachelor’s degree. Orange Beach, Alabama is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private for-profit school handed out bachelor’s degrees to 2,691 students in 2021-2022.
Columbia Southern University does not offer a discount to in-state students, so the average tuition and fees for all undergraduates is $6,015. This amount may be reduced if you receive financial aid. Bachelor’s Degree recipients from Columbia Southern University accumulate an average of $24,110 in student debt by the time they complete their degree. Around 35% of those degree recipients were women.
If you are interested in distance education, Columbia Southern University is an excellent choice, since the school is online.
A rank of #2 on this year’s list means University of West Alabama is a great place for trade school students working on their bachelor’s degree. Located in Livingston, Alabama, the medium-sized public school awarded 399 diplomas to qualifed bachelor’s degree students in 2021-2022.
The average in-state tuition and fees for students at University of West Alabama is $10,990. Those students who come from outside the state pay an average of $20,090. By the time they get their bachelor’s degree, students from this school have racked up an average of $31,286 in student loans. Of those students who received their degree, 63% were women.
Of all the undergraduates enrolled at the school during the 2020-2021 academic year, around 64% took at least some of their classes online.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Athens State University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools in Alabama list. Athens State University is a public institution located in Athens, Alabama. The school has a small population, and it awarded 739 bachelor’s degrees in 2021-2022.
Full-time students from Alabama pay an average of $9,540 in tuition and fees if they choose to attend Athens State University. Those students who come from outside the state pay an average of $16,770. Bachelor’s Degree recipients from Athens State University accumulate an average of $21,729 in student debt by the time they complete their degree. Around 71% of those degree recipients were women.
In 2020-2021 about 91% of the undergraduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Herzing University - Birmingham. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools in Alabama list. Herzing University - Birmingham is a very small private not-for-profit school located in Birmingham, Alabama that handed out 16 bachelor’s degrees in 2021-2022.
If you don’t receive financial aid, you can expect a bill for $12,750 to cover tuition and fees at Herzing University - Birmingham. The school does not offer an in-state discount. By the time they get their bachelor’s degree, students from this school have racked up an average of $32,896 in student loans. Of those students who received their degree, 56% were women.
During the 2020-2021 year, about 48% of the undergraduates at the school took at least one online course.
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Notes and References
Footnotes
*These averages are for the top 4 schools only.
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%.
More about our data sources and methodologies.
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