50 Most Affordable Online MBA Programs in Business Administration under $15K

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Where Exceptional Value Meets MBA Affordability: AACSB-Accredited Business Administration Programs from $7,458 to $14,114 in 2025

Our Top 10 Picks for Affordable Online MBA Programs in Business Administration under $18K

Our ranking of the top 25 online MBA Programs in Business Administration for 2025 identifies programs that deliver exceptional value at an affordable tuition cost. We base our selection on comprehensive data analysis, key metrics (including tuition, graduate salary, and ROI), and expert editorial insight. These programs distinguish themselves through a strong combination of affordability, AACSB accreditation, academic quality, and impressive graduate career and financial outcomes.

  • Average Tuition less than $18K
  • Average Graduate Salary higher than $75,000
  • Average Graduate ROI greater than 300%

Interactive Table: 50 Most Affordable AACSB-Accredited Online MBA Programs in Entrepreneurship

Find and compare the 50 most affordable AACSB-accredited online MBA programs in Entrepreneurship for 2025. These programs offer exceptional value, with tuition rates from $7,458 to $14,114.

You can also explore all 249 AACSB-accredited online MBA Entrepreneurship programs with tuition under the national average of $35,828.

Use the interactive table to sort programs using Rank, Tuition, Starting Salary, and ROI. Find the program(s) that offers the best potential return for your budget. Click on any school name to view a comprehensive school profile.

Rank University In State TuitionAvg. Starting SalaryROIStateOnline
1 Indiana University Northwest $7,458 $75,000 906.00%INYes
1 Indiana University South Bend $7,458 $60,300 709.00%INYes
3 McNeese State University $8,879 $47,550 436.00%LAYes
4 University of Central Oklahoma $9,068 $62,400 588.00%OKYes
5 Southern Utah University $9,212 $53,800 484.00%UTYes
6 Texas A&M University-Texarkana $9,326 $115,585 1,139.00%TXNo
7 Savannah State University $9,372 $75,976 711.00%GANo
8 Arkansas Tech University $9,435 $44,250 369.00%ARYes
9 North Carolina A&T State University $9,790 $107,327 996.00%NCYes
10 Georgia Southern University $9,824 $70,200 615.00%GAYes
11 Columbus State University $9,855 $74,000 651.00%GAYes
12 New Mexico State University $10,314 $73,500 613.00%NMYes
13 Augusta University $10,590 $62,800 493.00%GAYes
14 East Texas A&M University $10,724 $81,000 655.00%TXYes
15 University of Louisiana at Monroe $10,800 $54,300 403.00%LAYes
16 University of Houston-Victoria $11,030 $75,500 584.00%TXYes
17 University of Central Arkansas $11,239 $53,700 378.00%ARYes
18 Stephen F. Austin State University $11,630 $65,950 467.00%TXYes
19 Emporia State University $11,876 $59,400 400.00%KSYes
20 Angelo State University $12,251 $81,000 561.00%TXYes
21 Mississippi State University $12,294 $91,600 645.00%MSYes
22 Purdue University Northwest $12,350 $87,100 605.00%INNo
23 Southeastern Oklahoma State University $12,420 $60,780 389.00%OKYes
24 University of West Florida $12,460 $57,200 359.00%FLYes
25 Louisiana State University Shreveport $12,474 $45,300 263.00%LAYes
26 Western Kentucky University $12,600 $62,000 392.00%KYYes
27 Central Connecticut State University $12,848 $85,000 562.00%CTNo
28 Missouri Western State University $12,893 $51,750 301.00%MOYes
29 University of Southern Indiana $12,900 $65,700 409.00%INYes
30 Texas A&M University-Kingsville $12,992 $65,600 405.00%TXNo
31 Henderson State University $13,040 $59,500 356.00%ARYes
32 Lamar University $13,153 $63,600 384.00%TXYes
33 Southeastern Louisiana University $13,245 $47,900 262.00%LAYes
34 The University of Texas Permian Basin $13,252 $77,000 481.00%TXYes
35 East Tennessee State University $13,280 $52,400 295.00%TNYes
36 University of Nebraska at Kearney $13,293 $73,150 450.00%NEYes
37 Florida Gulf Coast University $13,428 $59,700 345.00%FLYes
38 Youngstown State University $13,500 $64,400 377.00%OHYes
39 Indiana University Kokomo $13,563 $66,900 393.00%INYes
40 Pittsburg State University $13,785 $52,600 282.00%KSYes
41 Southern Arkansas University $13,788 $74,000 437.00%ARYes
42 Southeast Missouri State University $13,804 $59,400 330.00%MOYes
43 Tarleton State University $13,865 $81,926 491.00%TXYes
44 University of New Orleans $13,893 $38,410 276.00%LANo
45 Utah Valley University $13,956 $75,700 442.00%UTNo
46 Western Carolina University $13,967 $44,100 216.00%NCYes
47 University of South Carolina Aiken $14,096 $56,400 300.00%SCYes
48 Black Hills State University $14,114 $52,650 273.00%SDYes
49 Midwestern State University $14,174 $52,872 273.00%TXYes
50 University of Montana $14,260 $89,000 524.00%MTYes
51 California State University, Bakersfield $14,272 $78,600 451.00%CAYes
52 University of South Alabama $14,400 $49,200 242.00%ALYes
53 Jackson State University $14,490 $55,900 286.00%MSYes
54 University of Illinois at Springfield $14,833 $68,300 360.00%ILYes
55 University of South Dakota $14,892 $47,553 219.00%SDYes
56 University of South Florida $14,955 $55,714 273.00%FLYes
57 Universidad Ana G. Mendez - Gurabo $15,000 $60,752 305.00%PRNo
57 State University of New York College at Brockport $15,000 $55,950 273.00%NYYes
59 Missouri State University $15,108 $62,400 313.00%MOYes
60 University of West Georgia $15,125 $59,800 295.00%GAYes
61 State University of New York at New Paltz $15,230 $55,400 264.00%NYYes
62 Western Illinois University $15,231 $67,800 345.00%ILYes
63 Eastern Kentucky University $15,264 $42,450 178.00%KYYes
64 Texas Southern University $15,316 $57,900 278.00%TXYes
65 Delaware State University $15,625 $46,300 196.00%DEYes
66 California State University, San Marcos $15,648 $52,400 235.00%CANo
67 Troy University $15,675 $61,000 289.00%ALYes
68 Francis Marion University $15,918 $42,600 168.00%SCYes
69 Radford University $15,984 $91,600 473.00%VAYes
70 Kansas State University $16,049 $77,550 383.00%KSYes
71 University of Montevallo $16,140 $61,950 284.00%ALYes
72 University of Alabama at Birmingham $16,200 $75,000 363.00%ALYes
73 Murray State University $16,455 $90,419 449.00%KYYes
74 Missouri University of Science and Technology $16,488 $72,600 340.00%MOYes
75 Eastern Washington University $16,500 $50,300 205.00%WAYes
76 Louisiana Tech University $16,518 $46,771 183.00%LAYes
77 Frostburg State University $16,740 $83,700 400.00%MDYes
78 Purdue University Fort Wayne $16,756 $77,400 362.00%INYes
79 University of North Alabama $16,830 $60,000 257.00%ALYes
80 Arkansas State University $16,962 $62,200 267.00%ARYes
81 Clayton State University $17,000 $57,800 240.00%GAYes
82 University of Southern Mississippi $17,131 $62,300 264.00%MSNo
83 Alabama A&M University $17,313 $48,200 178.00%ALYes
84 Southern Connecticut State University $17,432 $67,435 287.00%CTYes
85 Appalachian State University $17,463 $63,285 262.00%NCYes
86 Binghamton University $17,469 $75,142 330.00%NYNo
87 University of Nebraska at Omaha $17,493 $89,200 410.00%NEYes
88 University of Massachusetts Dartmouth $17,578 $88,625 404.00%MANo
89 The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley $17,745 $65,600 270.00%TXYes
90 University of North Florida $17,767 $62,014 249.00%FLNo
91 Idaho State University $17,856 $69,600 420.00%IDYes
92 The University of Akron $17,872 $61,400 244.00%OHYes
93 Indiana University Southeast $17,905 $64,650 261.00%INYes
94 Morehead State University $17,970 $68,500 281.00%KYYes
95 Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi $17,997 $60,000 233.00%TXYes
96 University of Arkansas at Little Rock $18,071 $63,300 250.00%ARYes
97 East Carolina University $18,072 $61,600 241.00%NCNo
98 Washburn University $18,080 $65,000 260.00%KSNo
99 Coastal Carolina University $18,460 $52,500 184.00%SCYes
100 University of Central Missouri $18,488 $52,900 186.00%MOYes
101 University of Houston-Downtown $18,623 $82,273 342.00%TXYes
102 University of North Carolina Wilmington $18,634 $74,200 298.00%NCYes
103 Shorter University $18,645 $42,400 220.00%GANo
104 Florida State University $18,693 $56,545 202.00%FLYes
105 Ouachita Baptist University $18,860 $65,400 247.00%ARYes
106 Indiana State University $19,000 $82,000 332.00%INYes
106 Kennesaw State University $19,000 $72,000 279.00%GAYes
108 Marshall University $19,170 $56,200 193.00%WVYes
109 Oklahoma State University $19,295 $73,300 280.00%OKYes
110 Northern Kentucky University $19,443 $79,600 309.00%KYYes
111 University of Massachusetts Boston $19,499 $124,277 537.00%MAYes
112 University of Maine $19,500 $87,535 349.00%MENo
113 The University of North Dakota $19,793 $46,200 133.00%NDYes
114 Kent State University $19,908 $52,337 163.00%OHYes
114 Weber State University $19,908 $84,900 326.00%UTYes
116 Illinois State University $20,050 $76,900 284.00%ILNo
117 Jacksonville State University $20,352 $95,570 370.00%ALYes
118 University of Southern Maine $20,370 $87,535 330.00%MEYes
119 The University of Texas at El Paso $20,634 $52,900 156.00%TXYes
120 University of Mary Washington $20,670 $89,700 334.00%VAYes
121 Salisbury University $20,792 $59,700 187.00%MDYes
122 Stony Brook University $20,882 $73,500 252.00%NYYes
123 University of Houston-Clear Lake $20,892 $68,900 230.00%TXYes
124 Salem State University $20,934 $60,150 187.00%MAYes
125 Berry College $21,000 $53,850 156.00%GANo
126 North Dakota State University $21,022 $55,000 162.00%NDYes
127 Boise State University $21,043 $71,088 224.00%IDYes
128 West Chester University of PA $21,091 $90,600 330.00%PAYes
129 Sam Houston State University $21,147 $69,200 227.00%TXYes
130 Ball State University $21,197 $76,400 260.00%INYes
131 University of Hawaii at Manoa $21,288 $80,400 278.00%HINo
132 Ohio University $21,438 $49,598 131.00%OHYes
133 University of Alabama in Huntsville $21,483 $71,000 230.00%ALYes
134 University of Missouri-Kansas City $21,618 $76,900 256.00%MONo
135 Metropolitan State University of Denver $21,648 $61,200 183.00%COYes
136 Saginaw Valley State University $21,649 $102,450 373.00%MIYes
137 University of Nevada, Las Vegas $21,784 $93,820 331.00%NVYes
138 The Citadel $21,830 $116,700 435.00%SCYes
139 Southern Illinois University Carbondale $21,972 $59,600 171.00%ILYes
140 California State University, Los Angeles $22,052 $99,100 349.00%CANo
141 Northern Michigan University $22,056 $54,500 147.00%MIYes
142 University of Alaska Anchorage $22,161 $68,700 210.00%AKYes
143 Valdosta State University $22,170 $64,000 189.00%GAYes
144 University of Tennessee at Martin $22,420-0-0TNYes
145 Saint Xavier University $22,500 $96,302 328.00%ILNo
146 The University of Texas at Arlington $22,504 $78,800 250.00%TXYes
147 University of Northern Colorado $22,602 $67,750 200.00%COYes
148 Georgia College & State University $22,970 $71,800 213.00%GAYes
149 Upper Iowa University $23,112 $61,400 260.00%WINo
150 Texas State University $23,365 $155,000 563.00%TXNo
151 The University of Iowa $23,453 $112,820 381.00%IANo
152 University of Toledo $23,506 $73,300 212.00%OHYes
153 Winthrop University $23,508 $60,000 155.00%SCYes
154 The University of Memphis $23,688 $74,800 216.00%TNYes
155 Prairie View A&M University $23,699 $60,500 155.00%TXNo
156 William Paterson University $23,820 $70,500 196.00%NJYes
157 Eastern Illinois University $23,880 $60,200 152.00%ILYes
158 University of Northern Iowa $23,917 $66,000 176.00%IANo
159 University of Cincinnati $23,996 $87,013 263.00%OHYes
160 The University of Rhode Island $24,000 $73,900 208.00%RIYes
161 Colorado State University-Pueblo $24,168 $49,500 105.00%COYes
162 West Virginia University $24,273 $61,847 155.00%WVYes
163 Northeastern Illinois University $24,367 $74,350 205.00%ILYes
164 The University of Texas at San Antonio $24,512 $78,000 218.00%TXYes
165 Northern Arizona University $24,640 $68,100 176.00%AZYes
166 Virginia State University $24,978 $58,900 136.00%VANo
167 The University of North Carolina at Greensboro $25,000 $70,100 180.00%NCYes
168 California State University, Sacramento $25,260 $76,000 201.00%CAYes
169 Slippery Rock University $25,318 $61,100 141.00%PAYes
170 Rockhurst University $25,760 $69,400 169.00%MOYes
171 University of Tennessee at Chattanooga $25,788 $79,043 207.00%TNNo
172 Abilene Christian University $25,800 $62,400 142.00%TXYes
173 Drake University $25,848 $79,500 208.00%IAYes
174 The University of Mississippi $25,914 $60,977 135.00%MSYes
175 Palm Beach Atlantic University $25,920 $77,035 197.00%FLNo
176 University of Wisconsin-Whitewater $26,000 $78,000 200.00%WIYes
177 Northern Illinois University $26,096 $93,400 258.00%ILYes
178 University of Florida $26,473 $117,197 343.00%FLYes
179 University of South Carolina $26,485 $97,819 269.00%SCNo
180 Middle Tennessee State University $26,712 $89,000 233.00%TNYes
181 The University of New Mexico $26,725 $61,000 128.00%NMYes
182 Bowling Green State University $27,200 $53,853 98.00%OHYes
182 La Salle University $27,200 $67,750 149.00%PAYes
184 University of Alaska Fairbanks $27,202 $89,474 229.00%AKYes
185 Central Michigan University $27,300 $94,350 246.00%MIYes
186 Auburn University $27,385 $77,633 183.00%ALYes
187 California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo $27,462 $113,151 312.00%CANo
188 Wayne State University $27,472 $73,946 169.00%MIYes
189 University of Colorado Colorado Springs $27,648 $71,000 157.00%COYes
190 Nicholls State University $28,000 $56,641 102.00%LAYes
191 Wright State University $28,080 $115,000 310.00%OHYes
192 Texas Tech University $28,155 $66,717 137.00%TXYes
193 College of Charleston $28,204 $70,314 149.00%SCYes
194 University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point $28,224 $58,350 107.00%WINo
195 The University of Alabama $28,377 $74,060 161.00%ALYes
196 Nichols College $28,440 $55,392 95.00%MAYes
197 Drury University $28,512 $59,400 108.00%MOYes
198 Auburn University at Montgomery $28,593 $62,700 119.00%ALYes
199 Western Connecticut State University $28,638 $80,850 282.00%COYes
200 The University of Texas at Tyler $28,887 $72,600 151.00%TXYes
201 St. Cloud State University $28,969 $81,800 182.00%MNYes
202 University of Wisconsin Oshkosh $29,168 $87,400 200.00%WIYes
203 Western Michigan University $29,377 $95,000 223.00%MIYes
204 Indiana University Bloomington/Indianapolis $29,573 $136,352 124.00%INYes
205 University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire $29,700 $84,700 185.00%WIYes
206 California State Polytechnic University Pomona $29,800 $89,440 200.00%CANo
207 Providence College $29,810 $80,678 171.00%RINo
208 Iowa State University $29,966 $75,552 152.00%IAYes
209 Valparaiso University $30,000 $64,840 116.00%INYes
209 University at Albany $30,000 $79,615 165.00%NYYes
211 Oakland University $30,024 $86,300 187.00%MIYes
211 Grand Valley State University $30,024 $76,200 154.00%MINo
213 University of Hartford $30,168 $94,500 213.00%CTYes
214 The University of Georgia $30,606 $120,510 294.00%GAYes
215 University of the District of Columbia $30,765 $100,000 225.00%DCNo
216 California State University, Northridge $30,897 $77,400 151.00%CANo
217 Texas Wesleyan University $31,080 $79,000 154.00%TXYes
218 San Diego State University $31,200 $71,900 130.00%CAYes
219 University of Louisiana at Lafayette $31,281 $51,200 64.00%LAYes
220 Jacksonville University $31,500 $129,665 312.00%FLYes
221 Old Dominion University $31,564 $75,800 140.00%VAYes
222 University of Vermont $31,878 $66,000 107.00%VTNo
223 The Pennsylvania State University at Harrisburg $31,962 $101,400 217.00%PAYes
224 Dominican University $32,004 $113,000 253.00%ILYes
225 Washington State University $32,328 $96,500 199.00%WAYes
226 John Carroll University $32,356 $65,000 101.00%OHYes
227 University of Nebraska-Lincoln $32,400 $92,300 185.00%NEYes
228 University of Kansas $32,701 $68,780 110.00%KSYes
229 University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee $32,769 $67,900 107.00%WIYes
230 Creighton University $33,234 $65,000 96.00%NEYes
231 University of Dayton $33,600 $109,932 227.00%OHYes
232 University of Massachusetts Amherst $33,622 $111,227 231.00%MAYes
233 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign $33,772 $98,500 192.00%ILYes
234 University of Minnesota Duluth $33,798 $92,953 175.00%MNNo
235 Florida Southern College $34,155 $84,749 148.00%FLYes
236 Siena College $34,200 $81,000 137.00%NYNo
236 Xavier University $34,200 $88,100 158.00%OHYes
238 Shippensburg University $34,380 $69,300 102.00%PAYes
239 Whitworth University $34,560 $64,050 85.00%WAYes
240 Michigan State University $34,564 $119,539 246.00%MIYes
241 Eastern Michigan University $34,616 $92,100 166.00%MIYes
242 Montclair State University $34,669 $92,400 167.00%NJYes
243 University of Scranton $34,740 $82,100 136.00%PAYes
244 University of Baltimore $35,128 $77,400 120.00%MDYes
245 Dominican University of California $35,310 $113,000 220.00%CAYes
246 University of Arkansas $35,527 $79,911 125.00%ARYes
247 Stockton University $35,568 $47,700 134.00%NJNo
248 Barry University $35,640 $55,400 55.00%FLYes
249 Bradley University $35,740 $57,450 61.00%ILNo

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Additionally, for the most affordable and high value programs, we aim to find program tuition well below the national average for that degree, with graduate salaries that are above the national average to competitive to it and graduate ROI of of more than 200% within each degree, enabling prospective students to find high-quality, cost-effective options tailored to their location and career aspirations.

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