2025 Best Business, Management & Marketing Associate Degree Schools in Alabama

Ranked #3 in popularity, business, management & marketing is one of the most sought-after associate degree programs in the nation. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.

College Factual looked at 3 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Business, Management & Marketing Associate Degree Schools in Alabama ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 772 associate degrees in business, management & marketing to qualified students.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Choosing a Great Business, Management & Marketing School for Your Associate Degree

The business, management & marketing associate degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. Important measures of a quality business, management & marketing program can vary widely even among the top schools. To make it into this list, a school must excel in the following areas.

A Great Overall School

A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To take this into account we consider a school's overall Best Colleges ranking which itself looks at a host of various factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.

Early-Career Earnings

Average early-career salary of those graduating with their associate degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. That is, everyone wants their associate degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on business, management & marketing students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of business, management & marketing students who choose to seek a associate degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Student Debt - How much debt business, management & marketing students go into to obtain their associate degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• 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 schools for business, management & marketing students working on their associate degree.

More Ways to Rank Business, Management & Marketing Schools

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Business, Management & Marketing Associate Degree Schools in Alabama ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

Best Schools for Associate Students to Study Business, Management & Marketing in Alabama

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing an associate degree in business, management & marketing.

Top Alabama Schools for an Associate in Business, Management & Marketing

1

Columbia Southern University
Orange Beach, AL

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

192 Annual Graduates

Every student who is interested in an associate degree in business, management & marketing has to take a look at Columbia Southern University. Columbia Southern University is a large private for-profit university located in the fringe town of Orange Beach.More information about a associate in business, management & marketing from Columbia Southern University

2

Gadsden State Community College
Gadsden, AL

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

50 Annual Graduates

Any student pursuing a degree in an associate degree in business, management & marketing needs to take a look at Gadsden State Community College. GSCC is a small public college located in the small city of Gadsden.More information about a associate in business, management & marketing from Gadsden State Community College

3

Jefferson State Community College
Birmingham, AL

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

85 Annual Graduates

It's hard to beat Jefferson State Community College if you wish to pursue an associate degree in business, management & marketing. Located in the medium-sized city of Birmingham, Jeff State is a public college with a medium-sized student population.More information about a associate in business, management & marketing from Jefferson State Community College

Best Business, Management & Marketing Colleges in the Southeast Region

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Mississippi	37	1,053
Georgia	34	2,553
Virginia	34	2,870
Arkansas	33	824
Florida	32	2,589
North Carolina	30	2,418
Kentucky	30	643
Tennessee	30	1,056
West Virginia	29	1,000
Louisiana	26	931
South Carolina	26	1,288

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Business, Management & Marketing Majors to Study

Major	Annual Graduates
Business Administration & Management	428
Business Support & Assistant Services	200
General Business/Commerce	47
Accounting	40
Hospitality Management	35
Human Resource Management	10
General Sales & Marketing	10
Management Information Systems	1
Marketing	1

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.