Best Business Schools in Alabama

Also known as School of Business, a Business School is an education institution that offers bachelor or graduate degrees in management or business administration. This page lists all accredited business schools in Alabama that provide full-time or part-time graduate business education leading to an MBA (Master of Business Administration) degree.

  • All Counties in Alabama: Alphabetical list of all counties, boroughs and parishes in the state of Alabama. Offered by Countryaah.

Auburn University–Main Campus (AL)
415 W. Magnolia, Suite 503 Auburn, AL 36849-5240
Admissions Phone: (334) 844-4060
Admissions E-mail: mbadmis@auburn.edu
Web site: http://www.mba.business.auburn.edu
Electronic application: http://www.mba.business.auburn.edu/Apply/apply.cfm

Auburn University–Montgomery (AL)
7300 University Drive Montgomery, AL 36117
Admissions Phone: (334) 244-3611
Admissions E-mail: vjones1@aum.edu
Web site: http://www.aum.edu
Electronic application: N/A

Jacksonville State University (AL)
College of Commerce and Business
700 Pelham Road N Jacksonville, AL 36265
Admissions Phone: (256) 782-5329
Admissions E-mail: graduate@jsucc.jsu.edu
Web site: http://www.jsu.edu/depart/ccba/
Electronic application: N/A

Samford University (Brock) (AL)
School of Business
800 Lakeshore Drive Birmingham, AL 35229
Admissions Phone: (205) 726-2931
Admissions E-mail: lcharper@samford.edu
Web site: http://www.samford.edu/mba
Electronic application: N/A

University of Alabama (Manderson) (AL)
Manderson Graduate School of Business
Box 870223 Tuscaloosa, AL 35487
Admissions Phone: (888) 863-2622
Admissions E-mail: mba@cba.ua.edu
Web site: http://www.cba.ua.edu/~mba
Electronic application: http://mba.cba.ua.edu/admissions

University of Alabama–Birmingham (AL)
School of Business
1530 Third Avenue S, BEC 203 Birmingham, AL 35294-4460
Admissions Phone: (205) 934-8817
Admissions E-mail: cmanning@uab.edu
Web site: http://www.business.uab.edu
Electronic application: http://www.uab.edu/graduate/apply/bus-apply.htm

University of Alabama–Huntsville (AL)
College of Business Administration
ASB Room 102 Huntsville, AL 35899
Admissions Phone: (256) 824-6681
Admissions E-mail: gradbiz@uah.edu
Web site: http://www.uah.edu/colleges/adminsci
Electronic application: http://www.uah.edu/gradschool/admission.php

Alabama – State information

State name Alabama
State nickname Cotton State
Capital Montgomery
Largest city Birmingham
Area 135,767 km 2
Population 4,833,722
Joined the Union Dec 14, 1819
The biggest cities Montgomery
Natural attractions Cheaha Mountain, Mobile Bay
Main industries metallurgy, chemical and paper industry, electronics

Alabama is a state with a turbulent history, marked by disputes between European colonists and Native Americans, and eventually African Americans, which lasted until the 1960s. See Alabama abbreviation.

The first European reconnaissance expedition was undertaken by the Spaniards under the leadership of Hernando de Soto (1500-1542), who came here to look for precious metals. Although the expedition did not find any, it opened the area to European settlers, which killed thousands of Indians. For the next three centuries, France, Spain and Britain sought this area. In 1702, the French expedition to the Mississippi established the first permanent settlement on Dauphin Island at the mouth of the Alabama River. Seventeen years later, the first ship with African slaves landed in Port Dauphin.

In 1763, Britain gained control of most of the territory and Spanish positions on the coast were greatly weakened. In 1817, the territory of Alabama was established, which two years later gained the status of a state. Meanwhile, the rest of the Native American population was evicted to Oklahoma to make room for another wave of European immigrants.

Alabama became a state dependent on cotton production, and therefore slave labor. Until 1860, black slaves made up half of the state’s population, and therefore its withdrawal from the Union and accession to the Confederacy was virtually inevitable. The state suffered heavy losses during the Civil War and was under military rule in 1867-68. The period of reconstruction of the South (1868–1874) only widened the gap between whites and blacks and led to the support of the racist organization Ku-Klux-Klan. Here, as in other southern states, the process of discriminating against black voters meant that blacks did not acquire full civil rights until the 1960s. Alabama was the site of many black protests in the 1950s and 1960s, including the Montgomer March in 1965, led by Martin Luther King (1929-1968).

Agriculture, which mainly produces cotton and peanuts, is no longer so important. Based on its own hard coal and iron ore, the production of iron, steel, aluminum and agricultural machinery, textiles, building materials and high-end electronics has developed.

Business Schools in Alabama