Entrepreneurship is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #158 most popular degree program in the country. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.
For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 3 schools in Alabama to determine which ones were the best for entrepreneurship students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 22 degrees in entrepreneurship during the 2020-2021 academic year.
The entrepreneurial studies program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Entrepreneurship rankings. We derive our Best Overall Entrepreneurship School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Entrepreneurship Schools in Alabama list to help you make the college decision.
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Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the entrepreneurial studies degree levels they offer.
Samford University is a wonderful option for students interested in a degree in entrepreneurship. Located in the large suburb of Birmingham, Samford is a private not-for-profit university with a moderately-sized student population. A Best Colleges rank of #243 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Samford is a great university overall.
There were approximately 8 entrepreneurship students who graduated with this degree at Samford in the most recent year we have data available.
Any student who is interested in entrepreneurship needs to check out University of Alabama at Birmingham. Located in the medium-sized city of Birmingham, UAB is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 5th out of 40 colleges for overall quality in the state of Alabama.
There were approximately 3 entrepreneurship students who graduated with this degree at UAB in the most recent year we have data available.
Auburn University at Montgomery is a great choice for students interested in a degree in entrepreneurship. Located in the midsize city of Montgomery, AUM is a public university with a medium-sized student population. This university ranks 36th out of 40 schools for overall quality in the state of Alabama.
There were roughly 4 entrepreneurship students who graduated with this degree at AUM in the most recent data year.
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).
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The entrepreneurial studies program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Entrepreneurship rankings. We derive our Best Overall Entrepreneurship School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
