2022 Best Value Adult and Continuing Ed Schools for a Master’s in Alabama For Those Making $0-$30k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Adult and Continuing Ed Schools for a Master’s in Alabama For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Adult & Continuing Education is the 416th most popular major in the country with 1,103 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across Alabama, there were 62 adult and continuing education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 58 adult and continuing education graduates with average earnings and debt of $54,487 and $41,507 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Adult and Continuing Ed Schools for a Master’s in Alabama For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in adult and continuing education. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great adult and continuing education programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the adult and continuing education program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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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 Value Adult and Continuing Ed Schools for a Master’s in Alabama For Those Making $0-$30k” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Adult and Continuing Ed Schools for a Master’s in Alabama For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Adult and Continuing Ed Schools for a Master’s in Alabama For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Adult & Continuing Education (Income $0-$30k) in Alabama

#1

University of West Alabama

Livingston, Alabama

#1 in overall quality

$13,546 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of West Alabama. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Adult and Continuing Ed Schools for a Master’s in Alabama For Those Making $0-$30k list. University of West Alabama is a public institution located in Livingston, Alabama. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 29 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at University of West Alabama, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Adult & Continuing Education Master’s Degree Schools in Alabama” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of West Alabama are $13,546.

Read more about Adult & Continuing Education at University of West Alabama

#2

Troy University

Troy, Alabama

#2 in overall quality

$16,156 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Troy University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Adult and Continuing Ed Schools for a Master’s in Alabama For Those Making $0-$30k list. Troy University is a fairly large school located in Troy, Alabama that handed out 29 masters’s adult and continuing ed degrees in 2019-2020.

TROY not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Adult & Continuing Education Master’s Degree Schools in Alabama” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Troy University are $16,156.

Full TROY Adult & Continuing Education Report

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Adult & Continuing Education (Income $0-$30k) in the Southeast Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Adult & Continuing Education (Income $0-$30k)

Notes and References

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%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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