50 Most Affordable Online MBA Programs in Finance under $15K

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2025 Most Affordable Online MBA Programs in
Finance from $7,458 to $14,955

Top 10 Editor’s Picks for Affordable Online MBA Programs in Arts under $11K

Our ranking of the top 10 online MBA Programs in Arts 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.

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

Find and compare the 50 most affordable AACSB-accredited online MBA programs in Finance for 2025. These programs offer exceptional value, with tuition rates from $7,458 to $14,955.

You can also explore all 258 AACSB-accredited online MBA Finance programs with tuition under the national average of $38,532.

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 Georgia Southern University $9,824 $70,200 615.00%GAYes
7 Columbus State University $9,855 $74,000 651.00%GAYes
8 New Mexico State University $10,314 $73,500 613.00%NMYes
9 Augusta University $10,590 $62,800 493.00%GAYes
10 East Texas A&M University $10,724 $81,000 655.00%TXYes
11 University of Houston-Victoria $11,030 $75,500 584.00%TXYes
12 University of Central Arkansas $11,239 $53,700 378.00%ARYes
13 Stephen F. Austin State University $11,630 $65,950 467.00%TXYes
14 Angelo State University $12,251 $81,000 561.00%TXYes
15 Mississippi State University $12,294 $91,600 645.00%MSYes
16 Purdue University Northwest $12,350 $87,100 605.00%INNo
17 Southeastern Oklahoma State University $12,420 $60,780 389.00%OKYes
18 University of West Florida $12,460 $57,200 359.00%FLYes
19 Louisiana State University Shreveport $12,474 $45,300 263.00%LAYes
20 Western Kentucky University $12,600 $62,000 392.00%KYYes
21 Central Connecticut State University $12,848 $85,000 562.00%CTNo
22 Missouri Western State University $12,893 $51,750 301.00%MOYes
23 University of Southern Indiana $12,900 $65,700 409.00%INYes
24 Texas A&M University-Kingsville $12,992 $65,600 405.00%TXNo
25 Henderson State University $13,040 $59,500 356.00%ARYes
26 Southeastern Louisiana University $13,245 $47,900 262.00%LAYes
27 The University of Texas Permian Basin $13,252 $77,000 481.00%TXYes
28 East Tennessee State University $13,280 $52,400 295.00%TNYes
29 University of Nebraska at Kearney $13,293 $73,150 450.00%NEYes
30 Florida Gulf Coast University $13,428 $59,700 345.00%FLYes
31 Youngstown State University $13,500 $64,400 377.00%OHYes
32 Indiana University Kokomo $13,563 $66,900 393.00%INYes
33 Pittsburg State University $13,785 $52,600 282.00%KSYes
34 Southern Arkansas University $13,788 $74,000 437.00%ARYes
35 Southeast Missouri State University $13,804 $59,400 330.00%MOYes
36 Tarleton State University $13,865 $81,926 491.00%TXYes
37 University of New Orleans $13,893 $38,410 276.00%LANo
38 University of Puerto Rico at Rio Piedras $13,926 $60,000 331.00%PRYes
39 Utah Valley University $13,956 $75,700 442.00%UTNo
40 Western Carolina University $13,967 $44,100 216.00%NCYes
41 University of South Carolina Aiken $14,096 $56,400 300.00%SCYes
42 Midwestern State University $14,174 $52,872 273.00%TXYes
43 University of Montana $14,260 $89,000 524.00%MTYes
44 California State University, Bakersfield $14,272 $78,600 451.00%CAYes
45 University of South Alabama $14,400 $49,200 242.00%ALYes
46 Jackson State University $14,490 $55,900 286.00%MSYes
47 University of Illinois at Springfield $14,833 $68,300 360.00%ILYes
48 University of South Dakota $14,892 $47,553 219.00%SDYes
49 University of South Florida $14,955 $55,714 273.00%FLYes
50 State University of New York College at Brockport $15,000 $55,950 273.00%NYYes
50 Universidad Ana G. Mendez - Gurabo $15,000 $60,752 305.00%PRNo
52 Missouri State University $15,108 $62,400 313.00%MOYes
53 University of West Georgia $15,125 $59,800 295.00%GAYes
54 State University of New York at New Paltz $15,230 $55,400 264.00%NYYes
55 Western Illinois University $15,231 $67,800 345.00%ILYes
56 Eastern Kentucky University $15,264 $42,450 178.00%KYYes
57 Texas Southern University $15,316 $57,900 278.00%TXYes
58 Delaware State University $15,625 $46,300 196.00%DEYes
59 Francis Marion University $15,918 $42,600 168.00%SCYes
60 Radford University $15,984 $91,600 473.00%VAYes
61 Kansas State University $16,049 $77,550 383.00%KSYes
62 University of Montevallo $16,140 $61,950 284.00%ALYes
63 University of Alabama at Birmingham $16,200 $75,000 363.00%ALYes
64 Murray State University $16,455 $90,419 449.00%KYYes
65 Missouri University of Science and Technology $16,488 $72,600 340.00%MOYes
66 Eastern Washington University $16,500 $50,300 205.00%WAYes
67 Louisiana Tech University $16,518 $46,771 183.00%LAYes
68 Frostburg State University $16,740 $83,700 400.00%MDYes
69 Purdue University Fort Wayne $16,756 $77,400 362.00%INYes
70 University of North Alabama $16,830 $60,000 257.00%ALYes
71 California State University, Dominguez Hills $16,986 $82,400 385.00%CAYes
72 University of Southern Mississippi $17,131 $62,300 264.00%MSNo
73 Alabama A&M University $17,313 $48,200 178.00%ALYes
74 Southern Connecticut State University $17,432 $67,435 287.00%CTYes
75 Appalachian State University $17,463 $63,285 262.00%NCYes
76 Binghamton University $17,469 $75,142 330.00%NYNo
77 University of Nebraska at Omaha $17,493 $89,200 410.00%NEYes
78 University of Nevada, Reno $17,556 $82,677 371.00%NVNo
79 University of Massachusetts Dartmouth $17,578 $88,625 404.00%MANo
80 The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley $17,745 $65,600 270.00%TXYes
81 University of North Florida $17,767 $62,014 249.00%FLNo
82 Idaho State University $17,856 $69,600 420.00%IDYes
83 The University of Akron $17,872 $61,400 244.00%OHYes
84 Indiana University Southeast $17,905 $64,650 261.00%INYes
85 Morehead State University $17,970 $68,500 281.00%KYYes
86 Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi $17,997 $60,000 233.00%TXYes
87 University of Arkansas at Little Rock $18,071 $63,300 250.00%ARYes
88 East Carolina University $18,072 $61,600 241.00%NCNo
89 Washburn University $18,080 $65,000 260.00%KSNo
90 Coastal Carolina University $18,460 $52,500 184.00%SCYes
91 University of Central Missouri $18,488 $52,900 186.00%MOYes
92 University of Houston-Downtown $18,623 $82,273 342.00%TXYes
93 Shorter University $18,645 $42,400 220.00%GANo
94 Kutztown University $18,692 $59,700 219.00%PAYes
95 Florida State University $18,693 $56,545 202.00%FLYes
96 Wichita State University $18,849 $65,300 246.00%KSNo
97 Ouachita Baptist University $18,860 $65,400 247.00%ARYes
98 Kennesaw State University $19,000 $72,000 279.00%GAYes
98 Indiana State University $19,000 $82,000 332.00%INYes
100 Marshall University $19,170 $56,200 193.00%WVYes
101 Oklahoma State University $19,295 $73,300 280.00%OKYes
102 Morgan State University $19,314 $80,000 314.00%MDNo
103 Northern Kentucky University $19,443 $79,600 309.00%KYYes
104 University of Massachusetts Boston $19,499 $124,277 537.00%MAYes
105 University of Maine $19,500 $87,535 349.00%MENo
106 The University of North Dakota $19,793 $46,200 133.00%NDYes
107 Oklahoma Wesleyan University $19,800-0-0OKNo
108 Kent State University $19,908 $52,337 163.00%OHYes
108 Weber State University $19,908 $84,900 326.00%UTYes
110 Illinois State University $20,050 $76,900 284.00%ILNo
111 Jacksonville State University $20,352 $95,570 370.00%ALYes
112 University of Southern Maine $20,370 $87,535 330.00%MEYes
113 The University of Texas at El Paso $20,634 $52,900 156.00%TXYes
114 Salisbury University $20,792 $59,700 187.00%MDYes
115 Stony Brook University $20,882 $73,500 252.00%NYYes
116 University of Houston-Clear Lake $20,892 $68,900 230.00%TXYes
117 Berry College $21,000 $53,850 156.00%GANo
118 North Dakota State University $21,022 $55,000 162.00%NDYes
119 Boise State University $21,043 $71,088 224.00%IDYes
120 West Chester University of PA $21,091 $90,600 330.00%PAYes
121 Sam Houston State University $21,147 $69,200 227.00%TXYes
122 Ball State University $21,197 $76,400 260.00%INYes
123 University of Hawaii at Manoa $21,288 $80,400 278.00%HINo
124 Ohio University $21,438 $49,598 131.00%OHYes
125 University of Alabama in Huntsville $21,483 $71,000 230.00%ALYes
126 University of Missouri-Kansas City $21,618 $76,900 256.00%MONo
127 Saginaw Valley State University $21,649 $102,450 373.00%MIYes
128 University of Nevada, Las Vegas $21,784 $93,820 331.00%NVYes
129 The Citadel $21,830 $116,700 435.00%SCYes
130 Southern Illinois University Carbondale $21,972 $59,600 171.00%ILYes
131 California State University, Los Angeles $22,052 $99,100 349.00%CANo
132 University of Alaska Anchorage $22,161 $68,700 210.00%AKYes
133 Valdosta State University $22,170 $64,000 189.00%GAYes
134 University of Tennessee at Martin $22,420-0-0TNYes
135 The University of Texas at Arlington $22,504 $78,800 250.00%TXYes
136 University of Northern Colorado $22,602 $67,750 200.00%COYes
137 State University of New York at Oswego $22,860 $62,400 173.00%NYYes
138 Georgia College & State University $22,970 $71,800 213.00%GAYes
139 Upper Iowa University $23,112 $61,400 260.00%WINo
140 Texas State University $23,365 $155,000 563.00%TXNo
141 The University of Iowa $23,453 $112,820 381.00%IANo
142 University of Toledo $23,506 $73,300 212.00%OHYes
143 Winthrop University $23,508 $60,000 155.00%SCYes
144 The University of Memphis $23,688 $74,800 216.00%TNYes
145 Prairie View A&M University $23,699 $60,500 155.00%TXNo
146 William Paterson University $23,820 $70,500 196.00%NJYes
147 University of Northern Iowa $23,917 $66,000 176.00%IANo
148 University of Cincinnati $23,996 $87,013 263.00%OHYes
149 West Virginia University $24,273 $61,847 155.00%WVYes
150 Northeastern Illinois University $24,367 $74,350 205.00%ILYes
151 The University of Texas at San Antonio $24,512 $78,000 218.00%TXYes
152 California State University, Stanislaus $24,938 $73,800 196.00%CAYes
153 The University of North Carolina at Greensboro $25,000 $70,100 180.00%NCYes
154 California State University, Sacramento $25,260 $76,000 201.00%CAYes
155 Slippery Rock University $25,318 $61,100 141.00%PAYes
156 Rockhurst University $25,760 $69,400 169.00%MOYes
157 University of Tennessee at Chattanooga $25,788 $79,043 207.00%TNNo
158 Abilene Christian University $25,800 $62,400 142.00%TXYes
159 Drake University $25,848 $79,500 208.00%IAYes
160 The University of Mississippi $25,914 $60,977 135.00%MSYes
161 Palm Beach Atlantic University $25,920 $77,035 197.00%FLNo
162 University of Wisconsin-Whitewater $26,000 $78,000 200.00%WIYes
163 Northern Illinois University $26,096 $93,400 258.00%ILYes
164 University of Massachusetts Lowell $26,127 $76,600 193.00%MAYes
165 Minnesota State University Moorhead $26,220 $85,000 224.00%MNYes
166 University of Wyoming $26,460 $93,010 252.00%WYYes
167 University of Florida $26,473 $117,197 343.00%FLYes
168 University of South Carolina $26,485 $97,819 269.00%SCNo
169 Middle Tennessee State University $26,712 $89,000 233.00%TNYes
170 University of Missouri-St. Louis $27,000 $90,489 235.00%MOYes
171 Oklahoma City University $27,175 $81,000 198.00%OKYes
172 Bowling Green State University $27,200 $53,853 98.00%OHYes
172 La Salle University $27,200 $67,750 149.00%PAYes
174 University of Alaska Fairbanks $27,202 $89,474 229.00%AKYes
175 Central Michigan University $27,300 $94,350 246.00%MIYes
176 Auburn University $27,385 $77,633 183.00%ALYes
177 California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo $27,462 $113,151 312.00%CANo
178 Wayne State University $27,472 $73,946 169.00%MIYes
179 University of Colorado Colorado Springs $27,648 $71,000 157.00%COYes
180 California State University, East Bay $28,000 $76,600 174.00%CAYes
180 San Francisco State University $28,000 $76,600 174.00%CANo
182 University of Detroit Mercy $28,050 $72,900 160.00%MIYes
183 Wright State University $28,080 $115,000 310.00%OHYes
184 Texas Tech University $28,155 $66,717 137.00%TXYes
185 College of Charleston $28,204 $70,314 149.00%SCYes
186 The University of Alabama $28,377 $74,060 161.00%ALYes
187 Nichols College $28,440 $55,392 95.00%MAYes
188 Auburn University at Montgomery $28,593 $62,700 119.00%ALYes
189 Western Connecticut State University $28,638 $80,850 282.00%COYes
190 St. Cloud State University $28,969 $81,800 182.00%MNYes
191 Indiana University of Pennsylvania $29,001 $63,600 119.00%PANo
192 University of Wisconsin Oshkosh $29,168 $87,400 200.00%WIYes
193 Western Michigan University $29,377 $95,000 223.00%MIYes
194 Indiana University Bloomington/Indianapolis $29,573 $136,352 124.00%INYes
195 University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire $29,700 $84,700 185.00%WIYes
196 California State Polytechnic University Pomona $29,800 $89,440 200.00%CANo
197 Providence College $29,810 $80,678 171.00%RINo
198 Iowa State University $29,966 $75,552 152.00%IAYes
199 University at Albany $30,000 $79,615 165.00%NYYes
199 Valparaiso University $30,000 $64,840 116.00%INYes
201 Oakland University $30,024 $86,300 187.00%MIYes
201 Grand Valley State University $30,024 $76,200 154.00%MINo
203 University of Hartford $30,168 $94,500 213.00%CTYes
204 Ashland University $30,300 $76,001 151.00%OHYes
205 The University of Georgia $30,606 $120,510 294.00%GAYes
206 University of the District of Columbia $30,765 $100,000 225.00%DCNo
207 University of Dallas $30,778 $88,000 186.00%TXYes
208 California State University, Northridge $30,897 $77,400 151.00%CANo
209 Texas Wesleyan University $31,080 $79,000 154.00%TXYes
210 San Diego State University $31,200 $71,900 130.00%CAYes
211 University of Louisiana at Lafayette $31,281 $51,200 64.00%LAYes
212 Jacksonville University $31,500 $129,665 312.00%FLYes
213 Old Dominion University $31,564 $75,800 140.00%VAYes
214 University of Vermont $31,878 $66,000 107.00%VTNo
215 The Pennsylvania State University at Harrisburg $31,962 $101,400 217.00%PAYes
216 Washington State University $32,328 $96,500 199.00%WAYes
217 John Carroll University $32,356 $65,000 101.00%OHYes
218 University of Nebraska-Lincoln $32,400 $92,300 185.00%NEYes
219 Bellarmine University $32,495 $54,750 68.00%KYNo
220 University of Kansas $32,701 $68,780 110.00%KSYes
221 The State University of New York Polytechnic Institute $32,998 $81,000 145.00%NYYes
222 Creighton University $33,234 $65,000 96.00%NEYes
223 University of Dayton $33,600 $109,932 227.00%OHYes
224 University of Massachusetts Amherst $33,622 $111,227 231.00%MAYes
225 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign $33,772 $98,500 192.00%ILYes
226 University of Minnesota Duluth $33,798 $92,953 175.00%MNNo
227 Florida Southern College $34,155 $84,749 148.00%FLYes
228 Virginia Commonwealth University $34,172 $82,232 141.00%VAYes
229 Siena College $34,200 $81,000 137.00%NYNo
229 Xavier University $34,200 $88,100 158.00%OHYes
231 Shippensburg University $34,380 $69,300 102.00%PAYes
232 Whitworth University $34,560 $64,050 85.00%WAYes
233 Michigan State University $34,564 $119,539 246.00%MIYes
234 Eastern Michigan University $34,616 $92,100 166.00%MIYes
235 Montclair State University $34,669 $92,400 167.00%NJYes
236 University of Scranton $34,740 $82,100 136.00%PAYes
237 University of St. Thomas-Houston $35,000 $79,371 127.00%TXNo
238 University of Baltimore $35,128 $77,400 120.00%MDYes
239 Dominican University of California $35,310 $113,000 220.00%CAYes
240 University of Arkansas $35,527 $79,911 125.00%ARYes
241 Stockton University $35,568 $47,700 134.00%NJNo
242 Barry University $35,640 $55,400 55.00%FLYes
243 Bradley University $35,740 $57,450 61.00%ILNo
244 Sacred Heart University $35,840 $78,300 118.00%CTNo
245 Le Moyne College $35,952 $61,100 70.00%NYNo
246 Utah State University $36,000 $85,000 136.00%UTYes
246 Florida Atlantic University $36,000 $78,220 117.00%FLYes
248 Widener University $36,102 $76,600 112.00%PAYes
249 Georgia State University $36,522 $93,600 156.00%GAYes
250 Seattle Pacific University $36,675 $86,250 135.00%WAYes
251 St. Mary's University $37,061 $57,600 55.00%TXNo
252 Baruch College-The City University of New York $37,338 $118,633 218.00%NYYes
253 St. Bonaventure University $37,380 $59,900 60.00%NYYes
254 Rowan University $37,391 $69,300 85.00%NJYes
255 Saint Louis University $37,470 $76,282 104.00%MONo
256 George Mason University $37,737 $110,100 192.00%VAYes
257 University of North Carolina at Charlotte $37,946 $84,260 122.00%NCYes
258 Loyola University New Orleans $37,980 $55,290 46.00%LAYes

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