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Most Popular Online Bachelor's Degree Trade Schools in Alabama

2023 Most Popular Online Bachelor's Degree Trade Schools in Alabama

4 Schools Ranked
$9,824 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$24,941 Avg Student Debt

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.

Learn more about these popular schools with online programs:

#1

Columbia Southern University

Orange Beach, Alabama
2,691 Total Awards
$6,015 Average Tuition & Fees
$24,110 Avg Student Debt

Our 2023 rankings named Columbia Southern University the most popular school in Alabama for trade school students working on their bachelor’s degree. Columbia Southern University is a fairly large private for-profit school located in Orange Beach, Alabama that handed out 2,691 bachelor’s degrees in 2021-2022.

If you don’t receive financial aid, you can expect a bill for $6,015 to cover tuition and fees at Columbia Southern University. The school does not offer an in-state discount. On average, bachelor’s degree students take out $24,110 in loans while pursuing their degree. Of those students who received their degree, 35% were women.

Columbia Southern University is one of the schools on our list that is primarily online. Each undergraduate student at the school took at least one class online.

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#2

University of West Alabama

Livingston, Alabama
399 Total Awards
$10,990 Average Tuition & Fees
$31,286 Avg Student Debt

You’ll be in good company if you attend University of West Alabama. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Most Popular Online Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools in Alabama list. Livingston, Alabama is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelor’s degrees to 399 students in 2021-2022.

In-state students pay an average of $10,990 in tuition and fees if they attend University of West Alabama full time. 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. Around 63% of those degree recipients were women.

Around 64% of the undergraduate population registered for at least one online class in 2020-2021.

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#3

Athens State University

Athens, Alabama
739 Total Awards
$9,540 Average Tuition & Fees
$21,729 Avg Student Debt

The excellent bachelor’s degree programs at Athens State University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular trade school schools in Alabama. Located in Athens, Alabama, the small public school handed out 739 bachelor’s degree awards 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. If you are from out of state, expect to pay an average of $16,770. By the time they get their bachelor’s degree, students from this school have racked up an average of $21,729 in student loans. Of those students who received their degree, 71% were women.

Around 91% of the undergraduate population registered for at least one online class in 2020-2021.

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#4

Herzing University - Birmingham

Birmingham, Alabama
16 Total Awards
$12,750 Average Tuition & Fees
$32,896 Avg Student Debt

You’ll be in good company if you attend Herzing University - Birmingham. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Most Popular Online Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools in Alabama list. Herzing University - Birmingham is a very small private not-for-profit school situated in Birmingham, Alabama. It awarded 16 bachelor’s degrees in 2021-2022.

Herzing University - Birmingham does not offer a discount to in-state students, so the average tuition and fees for all undergraduates is $12,750. This amount may be reduced if you receive financial aid. Bachelor’s Degree recipients from Herzing University - Birmingham accumulate an average of $32,896 in student debt by the time they complete their degree. Around 56% of those degree recipients were women.

Of all the undergraduates enrolled at the school during the 2020-2021 academic year, around 48% took at least some of their classes online.

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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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