Affordable online business administration bachelor’s degrees (2026)

Fee units, residency eligibility, and placement conditions come from each school’s published terms:

Fitchburg State University: Credits are semester credits. Online courses are billed at the SGOCE undergraduate course rate, which is the same for in-state and out-of-state students. Mandatory per-credit fees are Educational Service $142.50, Capital Projects $25.50 and Technology $9.00. Some courses carry lab or studio fees of $25 to $75. Ask the college whether its day-student health insurance requirement applies to online SGOCE students.

Wichita State University: Credits are semester credits. Online tuition applies to fully-online programs and is the same for residents and nonresidents. Known per-credit fees are $20.58, $1.00 and $0.75. A tiered Student Support Services Fee is charged per semester, so ask Wichita State which tier applies to you. Wichita State does not publish a transfer ceiling. Accepted transfer credits are evaluated by the program.

Columbia Southern University: Credits are semester credits. The programme page prints '120 Number of Credits', '90 Maximum Transfer Credits', '$278 Per Credit Hour' and '100% Online. Courses Available 24/7.', and the 2026-2028 University Catalog's B.S. Business Administration block ends with 'Total Program Requirements 120'. The credit unit is the semester hour: the catalog's degree tables are headed 'Semester Hours' and its academic calendar is laid out in 'Semester Term' rows. The catalog's Tuition Rates table repeats the $278.00 undergraduate rate and notes 'Rates are per credit hour. Most courses are 3 credit hours.' The $250 per credit hour rate is for active-duty military members using tuition assistance, and Learning Partner discounts apply to the full rate; both are eligibility conditions and neither is used here. The undergraduate technology fee is $35 per course, not per credit, and is waived for active-duty service members; at three credits per course a 120-credit degree has about 40 courses, but CSU says only that 'most courses' are three credits, so no per-credit figure is derived from it. A $100 Petition to Graduate is charged to graduating students, and the application is free for domestic and international applicants. A 20% registration charge (maximum $200 per degree programme) applies only to students who drop or withdraw after the drop date, so it is not treated as a normal cost of the degree. The programme page states that textbooks are included among CSU's benefits, while the catalog's tuition note does not itemise them; the fee position therefore stays partial. CSU is accredited by SACSCOC and its business programmes by ACBSP, and it publishes 11 start dates a year with no campus attendance requirement.

City Vision University: Credits are semester credits. The programme summary block prints 'Credit Hours 120', 'Class Type 100% Online, 8 Week Courses' and 'Tuition $850/course | $8,500/year', with a next start date of October 19, 2026. The tuition page states that tuition 'is $850 per course ($283.33/credit hour, $8,500/year full-time) for both undergraduate and graduate courses', so the per-credit figure is the university's own published number rather than a division performed for this guide. The credit unit is the semester hour: the Academic Policies page states 'The unit of credit is the semester hour.' Transfer credit is capped at 75% of the degree, which the programme page prints as 'Up to 90 transfer credits' for bachelor's degrees, with a further allowance of up to 25% from prior learning assessment. A $50 per-term technology/registration fee is charged to every student enrolled as of the first day of a term, regardless of course load; it is billed per term and is not divided into a per-credit amount. A $100 graduation fee applies to non-certificate programmes. The application is free, textbooks are not included in tuition and average about $750 a year for full-time students, and auditing a course costs $200 without credit. Published scholarships are conditions rather than the default rate: 10% for veterans or military, rescue mission and Salvation Army workers, and $250 per course for students outside the US, ministry partners and ministry interns. The university states that over 79% of applying students receive a Pell grant; Pell eligibility is a student-level determination and no grant amount is used in this rate.

Western Carolina University: Credits are semester credits. The programme page states 'The structured 120-credit curriculum' and, under 'ONLINE DEGREE', that the distance version lets students 'complete the same high-quality curriculum as the on-campus program in a flexible online format'. The historical department URL recorded for this candidate now lands on WCU's 404 page; this award is the current offering. Distance rates are published per semester hour, not as a programme total. In-state undergraduates pay $41.67 in tuition plus $26.04 in fees; out-of-state undergraduates in the AY26-27 NC Promise cohort pay $291.66 plus $26.04. The companion 2026-2027 required-fees schedule for distance learners itemises those fees as Education and Technology $22.66, Association of Student Government $0.04, Enrollment Management $0.83 and Campus Security $2.50 per credit hour, printed as a total of $26.03. The tuition table shows $26.04; the one-cent difference is a rounding difference between the two official pages and the itemised figure is used here. Out-of-state cost depends on cohort and continuous enrolment: the page states that non-resident undergraduates who enrolled in Summer 2025, Fall 2025 and/or Spring 2026 and maintain continuous enrolment remain eligible for the earlier $208.33 per semester hour rate. WCU is an NC Promise campus and states that the plan covers undergraduate students 'both residential and online'. The tuition hub warns that 2026-2027 rates are proposed figures until approved by the UNC Board of Governors, the state legislature and the Governor. No one-time charge is listed on the distance-learning pages read, and no transfer ceiling is published for this degree, so the fee position stays partial. The in-state per-credit figure is unusually low because of the state's NC Promise subsidy; it is the published rate for this delivery and not an estimate or an average.

Arkansas State University: Credits are semester credits. The programme page prints 'Per Credit Tuition: $302', 'Credit Hours 120' and 'Transfer Credits: Up to 90 hours', and states 'This 100% online program' with a next class start of January 11, 2027. The 120 hours break down as 38 credit hours of general education, 66 credit hours of major and other courses and 16 credit hours of elective courses, all printed on the tuition estimator section of the same page. The rate is the same for every state: 'the same low, pay-by-the-course tuition to all U.S. residents' and 'the same affordable tuition rate for both in-state and out-of-state students'. The two official pages disagree about fees and the disagreement is not resolved here: the programme page's tuition block states 'All fees are included', while the separate A-State Online tuition page's Program Fees panel states 'A total of $50 in required fees is charged per credit hour' (Information Technology $20, Library $6, Academic Excellence $10, Student Identity Compliance $10, Access and Security $4). The mandatory per-credit fee is therefore left unknown rather than recorded as zero or as $50. One-time charges published on the tuition page are a $60 undergraduate graduation fee and a $30 non-refundable application fee for all programmes other than doctoral ones; a minimum $50 fee applies per late admission and per late course addition. A-State Online is delivered through the Risepoint initiative, and the university states that the Arkansas State University System faculty and staff tuition waiver does not apply to those degrees, and that payment plans are not offered. Accepted transfer credit is evaluated at admission, a 2.0 GPA is required for transferring credit, and the university warns that its tuition estimator is not a guarantee of how many credit hours will be accepted.

Southeast Missouri State University: Credits are semester credits. The programme page prints 'The business administration degree requires a minimum of 120 credit hours to complete, including the general education requirements and at least 39 senior division hours', and states the programme is AACSB accredited and taught online. The requirements are itemised as Business Administration Core (30 hours), Support Courses (21 hours), Business Administration Major Courses (36 hours) and general education requirements, with a sample four-year plan and a degree map. The rate is the same for online and on-campus Missouri students and for out-of-state students who study online: the schedule's 'Domestic & Online Students' row is $305.00 tuition plus $47.00 general fees per credit hour. A separate 'Non-Domestic Students' row of $600.00 tuition plus $47.00 fees applies to international students. A programme fee of $40.00 per credit hour applies to BSBA core courses only. It is a course-category charge and is deliberately not spread across the whole degree, so a complete fee total needs the course mix. Per-course charges listed for 2026-2027 are textbook rental at $39.62 per course (with the graduate rate at $57.34) and an electronic course access charge for select courses; the schedule also lists a $30.00 instalment payment plan and a $40.00 late payment fee. A one-time enrolment fee applies but differs by student type - $150.00 for a new student, $100.00 for a transfer student and $200.00 for an international student - so no single one-time figure is recorded and the field is left null rather than priced as one of the three. No graduation fee was read on the SEMO cost pages. The schedule also prices a $180.00 per year parking permit and residence hall and meal plan rates, none of which applies to a fully online student. No transfer ceiling is published on the pages read; the programme page points to an online degree map instead.

University of Central Arkansas: Credits are semester credits. The rate is UCA Online's flat rate: students admitted to this degree through UCA Online pay $332.00 per credit hour in Arkansas or out of state, with no out-of-state surcharge added. You enter this degree after lower-division work: UCA requires a 2.0 cumulative GPA for admission and recommends an associate degree from an Arkansas community college partner, the UCA lower-division core, or the State Minimum Core. The program page lists 72 hours of business courses, 48 in the business foundation and core plus 24 more in Part II; UCA's bulletin sets 120 semester hours as the minimum for any bachelor's degree, and that is the whole-degree figure used here. Plan to finish most of the degree at UCA: the university wants at least 30 semester hours of residence credit, and its online courses count as residence credit. UCA's 2026-2027 sheets print no per-credit fee on the flat-rate line. They also list a $75 health service fee each semester, a $24 per credit hour College of Business fee on College of Business courses, and course, lab and department fees that vary by class, so ask UCA for the fee list that covers your courses.

LSU Alexandria (LSUA), through LSU Online: Credits are semester credits. The 90-credit transfer ceiling is 75% of the 120-credit requirement, as stated by the program. The page says fee schedules vary by program and course-specific proctoring or book fees may apply. Ask LSU Alexandria for the fee schedule that covers your program.

State University of New York at Oswego: Credits are semester credits. Oswego publishes three separate per-credit rows: $295 per credit for New York State residents, $737 per credit for other out-of-state students, and $353 per credit for online out-of-state students enrolled in a registered online program. The $295 and $353 figures are both correct for this degree depending on residency; the earlier $295-versus-$353 conflict is a difference between the resident row and the online out-of-state row of one official table. Every row also has a semester equivalent at 12 or more credits ($3,535 resident, $8,840 out-of-state, $4,240 online out-of-state), and the annual summary lists $8,480 tuition plus $1,755 in mandatory fees for online out-of-state students. Mandatory fees are $72.75 per credit hour below 12 credits (College Fee $1.70, Mary Walker Health $18.13, Student Activity $10, Technology $20.25, Athletic $20.21, Transportation $2.46) or a flat $877.50 per semester at 12 or more credits, so a full-time student pays the semester figure rather than the per-credit total. The whole-degree total comes from the current 2026-2027 Undergraduate Catalog's Curriculum Information, which states that all College of Business programs must complete 120 credit hours to earn the bachelor's degree and that Business Administration students must complete 66 of those 120 hours in liberal arts courses. An archived catalog carries the same wording but the current one was used. The programme page describes an online degree for first-year and transfer students delivered by the AACSB-accredited School of Business, with dedicated academic planning coordinators. No in-person requirement is stated. The tuition page warns that rates are for full-time students at 12 or more credits, exclude books, supplies, transportation, personal expenses and health insurance when required, and are subject to change; no one-time charge is published, so fee coverage stays partial.

Southern New Hampshire University: Credits are semester credits. The programme page prints 'Cost per credit $354', 'Total courses 40' and 'Term length 8 weeks', and states: 'Our rate is $354 per credit, and a bachelor's in business requires 120 credits to complete.' The University's Online Tuition & Financial Aid page repeats the rate in its 2026-2027 table as $354 per credit hour, $1,062 per 3-credit course, $10,620 for 30 credits, and prints the whole-degree figure as $42,480 for the bachelor's in business administration at 2026-2027 rates. One online undergraduate rate applies to every student regardless of residence. The $250 per credit active-duty military rate, employer-partner benefits and military-spouse discounts are eligibility conditions and are not used here. Up to 90 credits may transfer toward the degree, with a minimum of 30 credits taken at SNHU; the page notes students typically bring in about 40 transfer credits and that this can reduce the degree to as few as 10 courses and 5 terms. The tuition table prices tuition only and the university states there is no undergraduate or graduate application fee, but no per-credit mandatory fee is published, so the fee coverage stays partial. Course materials and any programme-specific charges should be confirmed with the university. Terms are eight weeks long with six terms a year, and the programme is described as one of SNHU's most popular online degrees.

King University: Credits are semester credits. The official fee page lists $350 per semester hour and up to 76 transfer credits for this BBA. The $100 technology fee is charged per course, not per credit. The one-time $125 graduation fee is included in the known one-time fees. The active-military tuition assistance rate of $250 is available to those who qualify; ask the school whether that is you.

SUNY Polytechnic Institute: Credits are semester credits. The programme page prints 'Delivery Mode 100% Online' and 'Total Credits 124' for the Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, states that students 'will earn the same diploma as our on-campus students', and says 'This program is presented 100% online. You will not be expected to attend any classes on campus.' The exclusively-online BS rate is $295 per credit hour for New York State residents and $353 per credit hour for non-NYS residents when studying part time, up to 11 credits. Broad-based fees are $64.42 per credit hour part time. Both rates also have a full-time form at 12 or more credit hours: $3,535 per semester for NYS residents and $4,240 for non-NYS residents, with broad-based fees of $777.50 per semester. A full-time student therefore pays the semester figures rather than the per-credit total. The online rate is conditional: the bursar states it applies to students in programmes approved as exclusively online and registered in distance-education format, and that a non-resident must have had no New York State address for the 12 months before enrolment. Resident students must be domiciled in New York for the same period, and resident rates are applied to members of the Armed Forces and their dependents. No one-time charge is listed on the online tuition page. The programme page notes the College of Business Management is AACSB International accredited, and MCSHE accredits the institution. No transfer ceiling is published; the programme describes prior-learning credit and transfer evaluation in general terms, and admissions advisers may place applicants in the most appropriate business programme based on previously earned credit.

Appalachian State University: Credits are semester credits. The programme page's summary block prints 'Credit Hours 120' and 'Mode Online'. The same block prints 'Costs $209 per credit hour (NC Residents)', which reconciles with the schedule rather than contradicting it: $181.17 tuition plus $25.50 Education and Technology, $2.50 Safety and Security and $0.04 ASG per credit hour equals $209.21. Two residency rates are published for App State Online undergraduates in the 2026-27 cohort: $181.17 per credit hour for North Carolina residents and $967.00 per credit hour for non-NC residents. Mandatory per-credit fees are the same in both tiers, $28.04 per credit hour. Tuition is capped at the 12-credit-hour rate in each fall and spring term, while the per-credit fees continue beyond 12 credits ('Add $28.04 per credit hour beyond 12'), so a heavier term is not simply 15 times the per-credit figure. North Carolina residents in the 2021-22 through 2025-26 cohorts keep lower fixed tuition of $176.75 per credit hour under the NC Fixed Tuition Guarantee, so an existing student may pay less than the published 2026-27 rate. The Book Rental Fee is billed per term, not per credit ($149.25 for 1-5 credit hours, $298.50 for 6 or more) and students may opt out, so it is not divided into a per-credit amount. The schedule also charges a $12 intern/practicum fee for any course with an off-campus experience. Management is not one of the university's Flight Path programmes, so the higher Flight Path rates ($424 NC / $509 non-NC per credit hour) that apply to the Accounting, Marketing, Supply Chain Management, Health Care Management, Organizational Leadership and Learning and Criminal Justice awards do not apply here. The Costs and Aid page names further possible expenses without amounts - a non-refundable application fee, non-App State transcripts, course materials, proctored exams, the graduation fee and cap-and-gown - so the fee position stays partial. No transfer ceiling is published for this degree. The programme page says applicants may enter as first-year or transfer students and points to the university's transfer equivalency tool, and it warns that not every listed course may be delivered to App State Online students, though all courses required for the degree will be offered. Residency is validated through the Residency Determination System at ncresidency.org.

University of Nevada, Las Vegas: Credits are semester credits. The programme page marks the degree 'Available Online' and states that students choosing the fully online option 'are committing to complete their entire degree through online education and will be identified as fully online students in MyUNLV'. A change of modality later requires the university's official change-of-major process. The degree total is printed as 'Entrepreneurship (BSBA) Degree Requirements - Total: 120 Credits', built from general education of 35-46 credits and Lee Business School requirements of 72-76 credits. The rate recorded here is the Nevada resident undergraduate registration fee of $312.75 per credit hour for fall 2026, spring 2027 and summer 2027, plus the $3.00 per credit hour Undergraduate Student Services fee. UNLV also charges per-credit CSUN, Distance Education Course, Newspaper and Technology/iNtegrate fees; their amounts did not render on the cashiering page, so the per-credit fee figure is incomplete and the coverage stays partial. Nonresidents pay nonresident tuition in addition to the per-credit fees, and it is not published per credit at full-time loads: the catalog lists a flat $10,094.50 per semester for students enrolled in 7 or more credits, with $344.00 per credit only for 1-6 credit enrollment. No nonresident per-credit rate is recorded, so the calculator can only price this program for Nevada residents. Per-semester charges that are not expressed per credit include the Academic Success Initiatives Fee, C.A.P.S, International Student, Rebel Recycling, Student Health, Student Life and Study Abroad Scholarship Fund fees. A one-time Undergraduate New Student Fee is listed without an amount, as is the Graduation/Diploma Fee. The catalog warns that fees may be increased by action of the Nevada System of Higher Education Board of Regents after registration, and that a supplemental invoice follows. No transfer ceiling is published on the pages read.