2025 Best Business, Management & Marketing Master's Degree Schools in Alabama

If you pursue a master's degree in business, management & marketing, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #1 most popular program in the country. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 18 schools in Alabama to determine which ones were the best for business, management & marketing students pursuing a master's degree. Combined, these schools handed out 4,347 master's degrees in business, management & marketing to qualified students.

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Choosing a Great Business, Management & Marketing School for Your Master's Degree

Your choice of business, management & marketing for getting your master's degree school matters. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. When choosing a school we recommend considering some of the following factors:

Quality Overall Is Important

A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges for a Master's Degree ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.

Average Earnings

To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving their master's degree from the school. This is because one of the main reasons people pursue their master's degree is to enable themselves to find better-paying positions.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to business, management & marketing students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of business, management & marketing students who choose to seek a master's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Student Debt - How easy is it for business, management & marketing to pay back their student loans after receiving their master's degree.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized business, management & marketing related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for business, management & marketing students working on their master's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Business, Management & Marketing Master's Degree Schools in Alabama list, to help you choose the best school for you.

Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Business, Management & Marketing in Alabama

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a master's degree in business, management & marketing.

10 Top Alabama Schools for a Master's in Business, Management & Marketing

1

Auburn University
Auburn, AL

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

456 Annual Graduates

Auburn University is one of the best schools in the country for getting a master's degree in business, management & marketing. Auburn is a very large public university located in the city of Auburn.More information about a master’s in business, management & marketing from Auburn University

2

Columbia Southern University
Orange Beach, AL

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

953 Annual Graduates

Columbia Southern University is one of the best schools in the country for getting a master's degree in business, management & marketing. Located in the fringe town of Orange Beach, Columbia Southern University is a private for-profit university with a large student population.More information about a master’s in business, management & marketing from Columbia Southern University

3

The University of Alabama
Tuscaloosa, AL

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

652 Annual Graduates

The University of Alabama is a great choice for students pursuing a master's degree in business, management & marketing. UA is a fairly large public university located in the city of Tuscaloosa.More information about a master’s in business, management & marketing from The University of Alabama

4

University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, AL

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

500 Annual Graduates

Any student who is interested in a master's degree in business, management & marketing has to look into University of Alabama at Birmingham. Located in the city of Birmingham, UAB is a public university with a very large student population.More information about a master’s in business, management & marketing from University of Alabama at Birmingham

5

Athens State University
Athens, AL

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

82 Annual Graduates

Athens State University is a small public university located in the town of Athens.More information about a master’s in business, management & marketing from Athens State University

6

University of North Alabama
Florence, AL

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

381 Annual Graduates

UNA is a large public university located in the city of Florence.More information about a master’s in business, management & marketing from University of North Alabama

7

University of Alabama in Huntsville
Huntsville, AL

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

158 Annual Graduates

Located in the midsize city of Huntsville, UAH is a public university with a medium-sized student population.More information about a master’s in business, management & marketing from University of Alabama in Huntsville

8

Samford University
Birmingham, AL

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

87 Annual Graduates

Located in the large suburb of Birmingham, Samford is a private not-for-profit university with a medium-sized student population.More information about a master’s in business, management & marketing from Samford University

9

University of South Alabama
Mobile, AL

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

63 Annual Graduates

USA is a large public university located in the city of Mobile.More information about a master’s in business, management & marketing from University of South Alabama

10

Troy University
Troy, AL

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

315 Annual Graduates

TROY is a fairly large public university located in the town of Troy.More information about a master’s in business, management & marketing from Troy University

Best Business, Management & Marketing Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Business, Management & Marketing Schools in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Mississippi	34	1,515
Florida	34	10,076
Virginia	33	5,504
Georgia	32	4,380
Tennessee	32	2,876
North Carolina	31	5,667
Kentucky	31	2,611
West Virginia	30	1,741
Louisiana	30	4,162
South Carolina	30	1,706
Arkansas	30	651

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Business, Management & Marketing Majors to Study

Major	Annual Graduates
Business Administration & Management	3,317
Accounting	364
Management Information Systems	128
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods	114
Marketing	105
Human Resource Management	91
Hospitality Management	78
General Business/Commerce	48
Taxation	45
Finance & Financial Management	28

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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 the rest 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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Amit Savargaonkar. More about our data sources and methodologies.