2020 Most Affordable Online Master's in Management
These 25 colleges offer the most affordable online master's in management programs. Middle Georgia State University is the #1 school on the list, offering a tuition rate of $3,825 annually. Fort Hays State University, ranked #2, has an annual tuition rate $4,604 for their Master of Liberal Studies (MLS) - Global Management program. Classes for this program include Business Research and Quantitative Methods, Origins and Implications of the Knowledge Society, Survey of Economics, and Total Quality Management.
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| Rank | School | Annual Tuition |
|---|---|---|
| Middle Georgia State University | $3,825 | |
| Fort Hays State University | $4,604 | |
| Amberton University | $4,770 | |
| Minot State University | $5,030 | |
| Southeast Missouri State University | $5,475 | |
| American Public University System | $6,300 | |
| University of Alabama | $6,300 | |
| Strayer University | $6,640 | |
| Chadron State College | $6,673 | |
| Peru State College | $6,673 | |
| Wayne State College | $6,673 | |
| Warner University | $6,816 | |
| Multnomah University | $6,975 | |
| Indiana Wesleyan University Online | $7,050 | |
| Troy University | $7,410 | |
| Iowa Wesleyan University | $7,425 | |
| Mount Vernon Nazarene University | $7,470 | |
| Western Governors University | $7,600 | |
| University of the Cumberlands | $7,750 | |
| Briar Cliff University | $7,860 | |
| Brescia University | $8,000 | |
| Greenville University | $8,092 | |
| Oakland City University | $8,500 | |
| North Dakota State University - Main Campus | $8,520 | |
| Granite State College | $8,850 |
- Annual Tuition: $3,825
- School Type: Non-Profit
- School Accreditation: SACS COC
- Total Graduate Enrollment: 218
- Example Classes: Continuous Process Improvement; Decision Sciences; Leadership and Organizational Behavior; Managing in a Global Environment; Purchasing and Materials Management
Online Master's Degrees
- MS in Information Technology - Critical Infrastructure Management
- MS in Management
- MS in Management - Organizational Management
- MS in Management - Supply Chain Management
- Annual Tuition: $4,604
- School Type: Non-Profit
- School Accreditation: HLC
- Total Graduate Enrollment: 2,743
- Example Classes: Business Research and Quantitative Methods; Global Challenges: 21st Century Promise & Peril; Meetings, Conventions and Event Management; Origins and Implications of the Knowledge Society; Survey of Economics; Total Quality Management
Online Master's Degrees
- Master of Business Administration - Health Care Management
- Master of Business Administration - Tourism and Hospitality Management
- Master of Liberal Studies - Global Management
- Master of Liberal Studies - Management Information Systems
- Master of Professional Studies - Human Resource Management
- Master of Professional Studies - Information Assurance Management
- Annual Tuition: $4,770
- School Type: Non-Profit
- School Accreditation: SACS COC
- Total Graduate Enrollment: 993
- Example Classes: Accounting & Finance for Managers; Agile Project Management; Compensation Management; Managing the Generations; Managing the Global Workforce; Negotiation Skills for Managers
Online Master's Degrees
- Master of Arts in Professional Development - Conflict Management and Resolution
- Master of Arts in Professional Development - Human Resource Management
- Master of Business Administration - Management
- Master of Business Administration - Project Management
- Master of Science in Agile Project Management
- Master of Science in Human Resource Management Program
- Annual Tuition: $5,030
- School Type: Non-Profit
- School Accreditation: HLC
- Total Graduate Enrollment: 274
- Example Classes: Financial Management and Accounting; International Management; Management Information Systems; Management Principles and Practices; Managerial Communications; Strategic Management
Online Master's Degrees
- Master of Science in Management
- Master of Science in Sports Management
- Annual Tuition: $5,475
- School Type: Non-Profit
- School Accreditation: HLC
- Total Graduate Enrollment: 1,030
- Example Classes: Acquiring and Compensating Talent; Applied Human Resource Management; Improving Team Performance; International Management; Management Communication and Leadership; Organizational Leadership
Online Master's Degrees
- Master of Business Administration - General Management
- Master of Business Administration - Health Administration
- Master of Business Administration - Sport Management
- Master of Science in Management
- Master of Science in Technology Management
- Annual Tuition: $6,300
- School Type: For-Profit
- School Accreditation: HLC
- Total Graduate Enrollment: 8,342
- Example Classes: Assets Protection & Loss Prevention Management; Employment Law and Labor Relations; IT Project Management: Cost and Communications; Organizational Crisis Management; Sports Marketing, Promotion, and Public Relations; Technology Applications in Health Information Management
Online Master's Degrees
- Master of Arts in Criminal Justice - Emergency Management and Disaster Management
- Master of Arts in Emergency and Disaster Management
- Master of Arts in Emergency and Disaster Management & Homeland Security (Dual Degree)
- Master of Arts in Entrepreneurship - Small Business
- Master of Arts in Homeland Security - Emergency Management and Public Health
- Master of Arts in Intelligence Studies - Intelligence Management
- Annual Tuition: $6,300
- School Type: Non-Profit
- School Accreditation: SACS COC
- Total Graduate Enrollment: 5,362
- Example Classes: Effective Quality Management; Management Science and Spreadsheet Modeling; Production Scheduling Problems; Statistical Quality Control; Supply Chain Modeling and Analysis; Systems Simulation
Online Master's Degrees
- MA in Advertising and Public Relations - Marketing Communication Management
- MA in Kinesiology (Sport Management P-12 Certification)
- MA in Management - Global Business Management
- MS in Hospitality Management
- MS in Human Environmental Sciences - Consumer Quality Management
- MS in Human Environmental Sciences - Hospitality Management (Non-Thesis Option)
- Annual Tuition: $6,640
- School Type: For-Profit
- School Accreditation: MSCHE
- Total Graduate Enrollment: 10,929
- Example Classes: Global Business Management; Information Systems for Decision Making; Law, Ethics, and Corporate Governance; Marketing Management: Marketing and PR in the 21st Century; Modern Management
Online Master's Degrees
- Master of Business Administration in Global Management
- Master of Business Administration in Health Services Administration
- Master of Business Administration in Human Resource Management
- Master of Business Administration in IT Security Management
- Master of Business Administration in Management
- Master of Business Administration in Project Management
- Annual Tuition: $6,673
- School Type: Non-Profit
- School Accreditation: HLC
- Total Graduate Enrollment: 528
- Example Classes: High Performance Leadership; Human Capital Management; Legal and Social Environment of Business; Mathematics for Management; Theories of Conflict Resolution and Mediation
Online Master's Degrees
- MS in Organizational Management
- Annual Tuition: $6,673
- School Type: Non-Profit
- School Accreditation: HLC
- Total Graduate Enrollment: 263
- Example Classes: Conflict Management and Mediation; E-Commerce and Internet Communication; Economic Development; Management of Innovation and Growth; New Venture Planning and Financing; Study Design and Data Collection
Online Master's Degrees
- Master of Science in Organizational Management – Entrepreneurial and Economic Development
- Annual Tuition: $6,673
- School Type: Non-Profit
- School Accreditation: HLC
- Total Graduate Enrollment: 658
- Example Classes: Managerial Communication; Qualitative Research Design; Stats Methods/Data Analysis; Study Design and Data Collection; Topics in Argumentation and Persuasion
Online Master's Degrees
- Master of Science in Organizational Management
- Master of Science in Organizational Management - Criminal Justice Administration and Management
- Master of Science in Organizational Management - Human Resource Management
- Master of Science in Organizational Management - Information Technology Management
- Master of Science in Organizational Management - Public Affairs
- Master of Science in Organizational Management - Sport and Recreation Management
- Annual Tuition: $6,816
- School Type: Non-Profit
- School Accreditation: SACS COC
- Total Graduate Enrollment: 206
- Example Classes: Developing Organizational Intelligence; Economics for Managers; Entrepreneurial Thinking for Managers; Finance for Managers; Leading Groups and Teams; Marketing Management
Online Master's Degrees
- Master of Science in Management
- Annual Tuition: $6,975
- School Type: Non-Profit
- School Accreditation: NWCCU
- Total Graduate Enrollment: 288
- Example Classes: Ethical Leadership; Leading Teams; Managing Organizational Conflict; Managing Organizational Diversity
Online Master's Degrees
- Master of Arts in Nonprofit Management
- Master of Science in Management and Leadership
- Annual Tuition: $7,050
- School Type: Non-Profit
- School Accreditation: HLC
- Total Graduate Enrollment: 4,298
- Example Classes: Accounting and Finance for Managers; Decision-Making and Essential Business Communication; Economic Analysis for Managers; Ethical and Legal Aspects of Management
Online Master's Degrees
- M.S. Human Resource Management
- M.S. Management
- M.S. Management - Associate to Master's
- M.S. Management - Information Technology Management
- M.S. Management - Policy and Organizational Change
- Master of Public Administration
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- Annual Tuition: $7,410
- School Type: Non-Profit
- School Accreditation: SACS COC
- Total Graduate Enrollment: 3,529
- Example Classes: Continuous Improvement; Ethical Leadership & Management in a Global Economy; Leadership of Innovation and Change; Leading and Developing High Performance Teams; Talent Development; Workforce Planning and Staffing
Online Master's Degrees
- MBA in General Management
- MBA in International Management
- MPA in Nonprofit Management
- MPA in Public Human Resource Management
- MPA in Public Management
- MS in Human Resource Management
- Annual Tuition: $7,425
- School Type: Non-Profit
- School Accreditation: HLC
- Total Graduate Enrollment: 18
- Example Classes: Communications Strategies; Ethical Leadership; Leading Change; Organizational Decision-Making; Socio-Cultural Basis for Sport; Sport Operations and Event Management
Online Master's Degrees
- Master of Arts in Management Leadership
- Master of Arts in Management Leadership - Athletic Administration
- Master of Arts in Management Leadership - Criminal Justice
- Master of Arts in Management Leadership - Strategic Leadership
- Annual Tuition: $7,470
- School Type: Non-Profit
- School Accreditation: HLC
- Total Graduate Enrollment: 405
- Example Classes: Ethical Leadership; Legal Issues in Management; Managerial Accounting; Managerial Economics; Marketing Management; Strategic Management
Online Master's Degrees
- Master of Business Administration - Fast Track in Human Resource Management
- Master of Business Administration - Fast Track in Organizational Management
- Master of Business Administration - Healthcare Administration
- Master of Business Administration - Human Resource Management
- Master of Business Administration - Organizational Management
- Master of Science in Management
- Annual Tuition: $7,600
- School Type: Non-Profit
- School Accreditation: NWCCU
- Total Graduate Enrollment: 32,516
- Example Classes: Becoming an Effective Leader; Change Management and Innovation; Data-Driven Decision Making; Management Communication; Managing Human Capital; Managing Organizations and Leading People
Online Master's Degrees
- M.S. Management & Leadership
- M.B.A.
- M.B.A. Healthcare Management
- M.B.A. Information Technology Management
- M.S. Information Technology Management
- M.S. Integrated Healthcare Management
- Annual Tuition: $7,750
- School Type: Non-Profit
- School Accreditation: SACS COC
- Total Graduate Enrollment: 10,210
- Example Classes: Competitive Strategy; Management of Investments; Managing in a Global Environment; Mergers and Acquisitions; Special Projects in Business and Related Subjects
Online Master's Degrees
- Executive Master of Business Administration - Healthcare Administration
- Executive Master of Business Administration - Project Management
- Executive Master of Business Administration - Strategic Management
- Executive Master of Science in Project Management
- Executive Master of Science in Strategic Management
- Master of Business Administration - Healthcare Administration
- Annual Tuition: $7,860
- School Type: Non-Profit
- School Accreditation: HLC
- Total Graduate Enrollment: 253
- Example Classes: Conflict Resolution, Negotiation; Diversity in the Workplace; Event and Facility Operations; Financial Management; Leadership and Team Development; Sport Marketing, Sponsorship and Sales
Online Master's Degrees
- Master of Arts in Management
- Master of Arts in Management - Human Resources Management (Non-Thesis Option)
- Master of Arts in Management - Human Resources Management (Thesis Option)
- Master of Arts in Management - Leadership (Non-Thesis Option)
- Master of Arts in Management - Leadership (Thesis Option)
- Master of Arts in Management - Sports Management
- Annual Tuition: $8,000
- School Type: Non-Profit
- School Accreditation: SACS COC
- Total Graduate Enrollment: 63
- Example Classes: Business, Government, and the International Economy; Industry Analysis and Global Competitive Strategy; Leadership, Power, and Influence; Management and Organizational Policy and Practice; Management of Organization Functions; The Legal Environment of Management
Online Master's Degrees
- Master of Science in Management
- Annual Tuition: $8,092
- School Type: Non-Profit
- School Accreditation: HLC
- Total Graduate Enrollment: 168
- Example Classes: Christian Leadership for Managers; Emerging Trends in Organizational Management; Human Resource Strategies; International Business; Legal and Ethical Environments; Managing Change
Online Master's Degrees
- Master of Science - Management
- Annual Tuition: $8,500
- School Type: Non-Profit
- School Accreditation: HLC
- Total Graduate Enrollment: 188
- Example Classes: Criminal Justice Budget Management; International Business Management; Logistics & Product Distribution; Management Information Systems; Quality Management for Projects; Strategic Management and Operational Planning
Online Master's Degrees
- Master of Science in Strategic Management
- Master of Science in Strategic Management - Criminal Justice Administration
- Master of Science in Strategic Management - Logistics & Product Distribution
- Master of Science in Strategic Management - Management
- Master of Science in Strategic Management - Quality Systems
- Annual Tuition: $8,520
- School Type: Non-Profit
- School Accreditation: HLC
- Total Graduate Enrollment: 2,371
- Example Classes: Construction Cost Estimating; Construction Specifications and Contracts; Construction Technology and Equipment; Financial & Economic Concepts for Construction Managers; Infrastructure Management; Scheduling and Project Control
Online Master's Degrees
- M.S. in Merchandising (Great Plains IDEA)
- Master of Construction Management
- Master of Natural Resources Management
- Master of Supply Chain Management
- Annual Tuition: $8,850
- School Type: Non-Profit
- School Accreditation: NECHE
- Total Graduate Enrollment: 289
- Example Classes: Change Management and Communication; Decision Analysis for Managers; Ethical Decision-Making; Financial Management; Marketing Management; Organizational Behavior
Online Master's Degrees
- MS in Leadership
- MS in Project Management