2023 Best Value Teaching Doctor's Degree Schools in Alabama
Identifying High-Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
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The Best Value Teaching Doctor's Degree Schools in Alabama ranking is one of many tools that Teaching Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 7 schools in Alabama to see which ones offered the best value doctor's degree programs for teaching students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.
When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.
Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.
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Top Value Teaching Doctor's Degree Schools in Alabama
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Our analysis found University of West Alabama to be the best value school for teaching students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in Alabama. Located in Livingston, Alabama, the medium-sized public school handed out 17 doctor’s degree awards in 2020-2021.
University of West Alabama graduate students pay an average of $13,546 in tuition and fees each year.
Some students may be able to take online graduate classes at University of West Alabama. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 96% took at least some of their classes online.
University of West Alabama also took the #1 spot in our Best Teaching Doctor’s Degree Schools in Alabama rankings.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Alabama at Birmingham. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Teaching Doctor’s Degree Schools in Alabama list. UAB is located in Birmingham, Alabama and has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 8 doctor’s degrees to qualified students.
UAB graduate students pay an average of $19,188 in tuition and fees each year.
UAB does have options available for those who want to take online graduate classes. You will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your specific major. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 58% took at least some of their classes online.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Auburn University. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Teaching Doctor’s Degree Schools in Alabama list. Located in Auburn, Alabama, the large public school awarded 47 diplomas to qualifed doctor’s degree students in 2020-2021.
Auburn graduate students pay an average of $31,986 in tuition and fees each year.
If you are interested in distance education, be sure to check with the school since Auburn does offer online graduate classes for certain majors. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 35% took at least some of their classes online.
Auburn not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #2 on our Best Teaching Doctor’s Degree Schools in Alabama list.
Out of the 7 schools in Alabama that were part of this year’s value ranking, Alabama State University landed the # 4 spot on the list. This small public school is located in Montgomery, Alabama, and it awarded 10 doctor’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Alabama State are $17,572 a year.
If you are interested in distance education, be sure to check with the school since Alabama State does offer online graduate classes for certain majors. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 91% took at least some of their classes online.
Alabama State also made our Best Teaching Doctor’s Degree Schools in Alabama list, coming in at #4.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of South Alabama. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Teaching Doctor’s Degree Schools in Alabama list. This fairly large public school is located in Mobile, Alabama, and it awarded 8 doctor’s degrees in 2020-2021.
USA graduate students pay an average of $16,652 in tuition and fees each year.
USA does offer online graduate classes for certain degree levels. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 75% took at least some of their classes online.
With a ranking of #6, The University of Alabama did quite well on this year’s best value schools for teaching students working on their doctor’s degree. This large public school is located in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, and it awarded 54 doctor’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UA are $30,940 a year.
UA does have options available for those who want to take online graduate classes. You will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your specific major. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 71% took at least some of their classes online.
UA also made our Best Teaching Doctor’s Degree Schools in Alabama list, coming in at #5.
Samford University landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value doctor’s degree teaching programs. This medium-sized private not-for-profit school is located in Birmingham, Alabama, and it awarded 46 doctor’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Samford are $21,575 per year.
Some students may be able to take online graduate classes at Samford. In fact, around 53% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Samford is ranked #3 for overall quality in Alabama.
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*These averages are for the top 7 schools only.
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%.
More about our data sources and methodologies.
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