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Best Business Programs Near Birmingham for 2027

10 business schools near Birmingham, from the metro and just beyond it, plus where they place in our statewide rankings for 2 fields. Every list is scored on graduation rate, cost, selectivity, and graduate earnings from federal IPEDS, College Scorecard, and BLS data.

Metro ranking
1
Programs analyzed
49
Schools ranked
10
Fields covered
2
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Business Programs in Birmingham, in Brief

Birmingham has too few business schools with a complete record for a list of its own, so the Birmingham ranking compares 10 schools: two in the metro and the nearest beyond it, one row per school. Public universities hold six of the top ten spots, including The University of Alabama at #1.

Beyond the two metro lists, 2 Birmingham-area schools appear in our statewide rankings for two fields.

Rankings Near Birmingham

Rankings by Field Near Birmingham

Statewide ranks, Birmingham-area schools only.

Schools in the Most Birmingham Rankings

By number of lists, then best rank.

  1. University of Alabama at Birmingham In 2 rankings · #4 in Business schools
  2. University of Montevallo In 2 rankings · #5 in Bachelor's in Accounting, Alabama
  3. The University of Alabama #1 in Business schools
  4. Amridge University #2 in Business schools
  5. University of Alabama in Huntsville #3 in Business schools

Other Fields, Ranked Nationally

Business Programs in Birmingham: Your Questions, Answered

What is the best business school in Birmingham?

The University of Alabama ranks #1 on our Birmingham business-school ranking with an 88.9 Program Score, ahead of Amridge University at 86.3. Scores weigh graduation rate, cost, selectivity and graduate earnings.

How many business schools are in the Birmingham area?

49 accredited business programs in the Birmingham metro, as the Census Bureau defines it, report to federal data, and two of its schools have the complete record we rank on, so the Birmingham list adds the nearest schools outside the metro to make 10.

Which Birmingham business school costs the least?

Alabama State University has the lowest in-state undergraduate tuition on the Birmingham list, $8,328 a year before aid, and ranks #10.

Can you study business online in Birmingham?

Yes. Four of the ten ranked Birmingham-area and nearby schools offer the program online, including Amridge University, Jacksonville State University, and Faulkner University.

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