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2023 Most Popular Online Basic Certificate Trade Schools in Alabama

3 Schools Ranked
$5,305 Avg Tuition & Fees*

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.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Trade College Search has created its Most Popular Online Basic Certificate Trade Schools in Alabama ranking. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in Alabama to see which online basic certificate 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
134 Total Awards
$6,015 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named Columbia Southern University the most popular school in Alabama for trade school students working on their basic certificate. Columbia Southern University is a fairly large private for-profit school located in Orange Beach, Alabama that handed out 134 basic certificates in 2021-2022.

If you want to attend Columbia Southern University, expect to pay an average of $6,015 in tuition and fees. Of course, this could be reduced if you receive financial aid. Around 26% of those degree recipients 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

Shelton State Community College

Tuscaloosa, Alabama
145 Total Awards
$4,980 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent basic certificate programs at Shelton State Community College helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular trade school schools in Alabama. Shelton State Community College is located in Tuscaloosa, Alabama and has a small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 145 basic certificates to qualified students.

The average in-state tuition and fees for students at Shelton State Community College is $4,980. Those students who come from outside the state pay an average of $8,730. Around 39% of those degree recipients were women.

Of all the undergraduates enrolled at the school during the 2020-2021 academic year, around 67% took at least some of their classes online.

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244 Total Awards
$4,920 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you attend Bishop State Community College. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Most Popular Online Basic Certificate Trade Schools in Alabama list. Bishop State Community College is a public institution located in Mobile, Alabama. The school has a small population, and it awarded 244 basic certificates in 2021-2022.

In-state students pay an average of $4,920 in tuition and fees if they attend Bishop State Community College full time. Those students who come from outside the state pay an average of $8,670. Of those students who received their degree, 29% were women.

Around 54% of the undergraduate population registered for at least one online class in 2020-2021.

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Notes and References

Footnotes

*These averages are for the top 3 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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