Online MBA Programs Ranked by Affordability (2026)
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Earning an MBA can be expensive, with many programs costing $100,000 or more for tuition alone, plus fees. Add to this the need to stop working to earn the degree, or to begin working part-time instead of full-time, and the cost skyrockets.
In the U.S., total student debt now exceeds $1.814 trillion (EducationData 2025). And many did not fully understand the total cost of that debt until too late.
Without a proper understanding of future debt strain, including interest, students often take on more debt than they can repay. This can lead, and has often led, to financial stress, delayed home buying, and delays in starting a family.
The question remains: what can professionals do to advance their careers and earning potential while avoiding a massive debt load and the ensuing stress? The answer: find an affordable, accredited online MBA program, ideally one that can provide the flexibility to continue working and living at home while pursuing the degree.
At BSchools.org, we have long been committed to unearthing affordable online MBA programs and presenting them in a list. And while we have updated this list every year for several years now, we doubled down entering the 2025-2026 academic year and made a concerted effort to do a comprehensive review of the online MBA programs now available, and their pricing. This list of affordable programs is a distillation of that effort.
In fact, this year we found and added 31 schools to our list of 50, so the list has changed fairly drastically. We also found 84 other new-to-us schools that we ended up excluding from the list; although you may find some of them listed as affordable elsewhere, we researched their updated tuition numbers and they simply did not make the cut.
In the end, we believe we now have the best, most thoroughly researched, list of affordable online MBA programs out there, and we will continue to update it yearly.
Explore online MBA programs ranked by affordability for the 2025-2026 school year.
| Featured Affordable Online MBA Programs | ||
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| Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi | Online MBA | Program Website |
| Southern New Hampshire University | MBA Online | Program Website |
| Rasmussen University | Master of Business Administration (MBA) | Program Website |
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Most Affordable Online MBA Programs (2026)
These rankings are based on tuition data that BSchools.org hand-collected in 2025 from over 288 universities representing over 1,500 online MBA programs. Tuition information is as current as possible and is taken from the 2025-2026 school year, as published by each institution, and represents the estimated total tuition cost for the entire program, as opposed to a single academic semester or year. Most of these programs are accredited by reputable organizations (AACSB, ACBSP, or IACBE) and are 100 percent online. View a school’s profile for full accreditation details.
Let’s look at the 50 most affordable online MBA programs ranked by overall tuition cost.
Additional Affordable Online MBA Programs Are Available
All of the affordable MBA programs listed above combine the convenience and flexibility of online learning with the affordability that students seek. In addition, most of the business schools listed are accredited, as indicated, an endorsement of their educational quality.
Many of the schools that did not make the list offer online MBA programs that may still be considered affordable, and many excel in other ways. You may browse all of the online MBA programs in our database by type and accreditor, specialization, or location for more information, or view our A-Z list of online b-school profiles for full program details.
