Located in Montgomery, Alabama, Amridge University is an independent college founded in 1967 and committed to Christian ideals and public service. Despite its traditional values, however, the school has been a leader in online learning since 1993, with distance education being the primary delivery method of its courses.

Amridge offers a Bachelor of Science in management and master’s degrees in both leadership and management and behavioral leadership and management.

The school prides itself on its affordability, and more than 90 percent of its students qualify for federal financial aid. Its fifth-place ranking on our list comes from a combination of relatively low tuition and the prominence of its management degrees: Amridge’s percentage of degrees awarded in business management in 2015 was the ninth-highest percentage in our entire study.

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