Affordable Online Associates Degree Programs in Business

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Colleges in the US with online associates degree in business programs have a median tuition of $7,470 per year. In recent years, there has been a 46.5% increase in the median tuition. At these online colleges the median tuition yearly in 2007 was $5,100.

Online associates degree in business schools are also known as Business Administration schools. Below, the chart displays the tuition range for colleges offering online business programs at the associates level from highest to lowest cost:

Tuition Level Number of Schools
Cheapest 112
Low cost 73
Average cost 107
Most expensive 73

Tuition of more than $15,750 annually is charged by the most expensive colleges and universities with online associates degree in business programs. The cheapest schools, on the other hand, charge annual tuition costs in the range of $576 to $3,258. The accredited online business associates degree schools that are the most inexpensive are located in California, Massachusetts, New Mexico, North Carolina, and Texas.

  • Associate of Arts in Accounting
  • Associate of Science in Accounting
  • Associate of Arts and Science in Accounting Assistant
  • Associate of Arts and Science in Accounting
  • Associate of Arts and Science in Accounting Technology
  • Associate of Applied Science in Accounting
  • Associate of Science in Accounting Technology
  • Associate of Arts and Science in Accounting Paraprofessional
  • Associate of Accounting
  • Associate of Arts and Science in Para-Accounting

In 2011, these low tuition programs graduated approximately 23% of business graduates with associates degrees from online colleges and universities in the nation. This represents 293,563 of the 1,281,598 graduates in the nation. From 2006 to 2011, the percentage of business graduates with associates degrees from the most inexpensive online colleges and universities has decreased. However, the number of graduates has increased by 41,184 graduates each year.

Yearly tuition in the range of $3,300 to $7,568 is charged by other somewhat more costly online business associates degree colleges. Tuition in this range is charged by 73 of the 365 online colleges with associates degrees in business programs in the country.

In 2011, 21% of the nation’s business associates level graduates earned their degrees from these low tuition online programs. This represents 269,204 students. The number of graduates from these colleges and universities was only 224,604 students, a short 5 years earlier, in 2006. Thus, the number of graduates from these low tuition online colleges has increased by 20%.

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1. Massasoit Community College Brockton, Massachusetts $576 $5,520
2. Mount Wachusett Community College Gardner, Massachusetts $600 $5,520
3. North Shore Community College Danvers, Massachusetts $600 $6,168
4. MiraCosta College Oceanside, California $624 $5,064
5. Napa Valley College Napa, California $624 $4,632
6. West Los Angeles College Culver City, California $698 $5,534
7. Los Angeles Trade Technical College Los Angeles, California $698 $5,534
8. Saddleback College Mission Viejo, California $728 $4,660
9. Cerro Coso Community College Ridgecrest, California $728 $5,884
10. Cerritos College Norwalk, California $728 $5,124
11. Trinity Valley Community College Athens, Texas $800 $2,400
12. Cuesta College San Luis Obispo, California $820 $4,440
13. Amarillo College Amarillo, Texas $864 $1,824
14. Luna Community College Las Vegas, New Mexico $960 $1,896
15. Eastern New Mexico University Roswell, New Mexico $1,214 $4,456
16. Randolph Community College Asheboro, North Carolina $1,356 $5,964
17. Forsyth Technical Community College Winston Salem, North Carolina $1,462 $7,798
18. Cochise College Douglas, Arizona $1,490 $8,004
19. Western Texas College Snyder, Texas $1,584 $2,184
20. Sandhills Community College Pinehurst, North Carolina $1,600 $7,722

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