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2023 Best Value Taxation Master's Degree Schools

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

62 Colleges
$20,105 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$77,471 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Taxation Master's Degree School for You

In 2020-2021, 1,547 people earned a degree or certificate in taxation, making the major the #222 most popular in the United States.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Value Taxation Master's Degree Schools ranking. This report analyzed 62 schools in the United States to see which ones offered the best value master's degree programs for taxation students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

Top 10 Best Taxation Master's Degree Schools

Our 2023 rankings named Northern Illinois University the best value school in the United States for taxation students working on their master’s degree. Located in the small suburb of Dekalb, NIU is a public college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at NIU are $11,390 a year.

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#2

Villanova University

Villanova, PA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Villanova University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Taxation Master’s Degree Schools list. Villanova is a large private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Villanova.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Villanova are $21,199 per year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Villanova also is in the top 5% of our Best Taxation Master’s Degree Schools ranking.

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Out of the 62 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, Fairleigh Dickinson University - Florham Campus landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the suburb of Madison, FDU is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

FDU graduate students pay an average of $10,722 in tuition and fees each year.

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#4

Capital University

Columbus, OH

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Capital University. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Taxation Master’s Degree Schools list. Located in the suburb of Columbus, Capital is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

Capital graduate students pay an average of $13,190 in tuition and fees each year.

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Gonzaga University

Spokane, WA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Gonzaga University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Taxation Master’s Degree Schools list. Located in the midsize city of Spokane, Gonzaga is a private not-for-profit school with a moderately-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Gonzaga are $14,878 a year.

Gonzaga excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Taxation Master’s Degree Schools list.

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With a ranking of #6, Golden Gate University - San Francisco did quite well on this year’s best value schools for taxation students working on their master’s degree. Golden Gate University - San Francisco is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of San Francisco.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Golden Gate University - San Francisco are $19,875 per year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, Golden Gate University - San Francisco also did well on our Best Taxation Master’s Degree Schools list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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#7

DePaul University

Chicago, IL

DePaul University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for taxation students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #7 on the list. DePaul is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Chicago.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at DePaul are $18,341 a year.

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Walsh College

Troy, MI

Walsh College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for taxation students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #8 on the list. Located in the small city of Troy, Walsh is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

Walsh graduate students pay an average of $16,926 in tuition and fees each year.

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San Jose State University ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value Taxation Master’s Degree Schools list. San Jose State is a very large public school located in the large city of San Jose.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at San Jose State are $18,790 a year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, San Jose State also is in the top 10% of our Best Taxation Master’s Degree Schools ranking.

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University of Minnesota - Twin Cities came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Taxation Master’s Degree Schools ranking. Located in the large city of Minneapolis, UMN Twin Cities is a public school with a very large student population.

UMN Twin Cities graduate students pay an average of $29,262 in tuition and fees each year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, UMN Twin Cities also is in the top 10% of our Best Taxation Master’s Degree Schools ranking.

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Honorable Mentions

These are some additional schools worth mentioning that are also great but just didn't quite make the cut to earn our top Best Value Taxation Master's Degree Schools award.

Rank College Location
11 California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo San Luis Obispo, CA
12 Temple University Philadelphia, PA

Taxation by Region

View the Best Value Taxation Master's Degree Schools for a specific region near you.

Region
Southeast
New England
Rocky Mountains
Plains States
Middle Atlantic
Far Western US
Southwest
Great Lakes

One of 21 majors within the area of study, taxation has other similar majors worth exploring.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Business Administration & Management 416,590
Accounting 99,265
Finance & Financial Management 57,778
General Business/Commerce 56,042
Marketing 52,916

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 25 schools only.

  • The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
  • Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).

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