2024 Best Taxation Master's Degree Schools in Washington

If you plan on getting your master's degree in taxation, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #95 in the country in terms of popularity. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

College Factual reviewed 2 schools in Washington to determine which ones were the best for master's degree seekers in the field of taxation. Combined, these schools handed out 76 master's degrees in taxation to qualified students.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

• Best Master’s Degree Schools List

Early-Career Earnings

One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of master's graduates during the early years of their career. That is, everyone wants their master's degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to taxation students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of taxation students who choose to seek a master's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Student Debt - How much debt taxation students go into to obtain their master's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized taxation related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for taxation students working on their master's degree.

More Ways to Rank Taxation Schools

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Taxation Master's Degree Schools in Washington ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

 

Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Taxation in Washington

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a master's degree in taxation.

Top Washington Schools for a Master's in Taxation

1

University of Washington - Seattle Campus
Seattle, WA

52 Annual Graduates

$65,315 Median Starting Salary

It is hard to beat University of Washington - Seattle Campus if you want to pursue a master's degree in taxation. UW Seattle is a very large public university located in the large city of Seattle.

Master's students who receive their degree from the taxation program earn an average of $65,315 in their early career salary.

More information about a master’s in taxation from University of Washington - Seattle Campus

2

Gonzaga University
Spokane, WA

24 Annual Graduates

$69,193 Median Starting Salary

It's difficult to beat Gonzaga University if you want to pursue a master's degree in taxation. Gonzaga is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit university located in the midsize city of Spokane.

After graduation, taxation master's recipients usually make around $69,193 in their early careers.

More information about a master’s in taxation from Gonzaga University

Best Taxation Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Best Taxation Colleges in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
California	253	218
Oregon	158	23

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Taxation Related Rankings by Major

One of 21 majors within the Business, Management & Marketing area of study, Taxation has other similar majors worth exploring.

Taxation Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
Taxation	76

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Business Administration & Management	1,452
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods	218
Accounting	159
General Business/Commerce	67
Entrepreneurial Studies	23
Human Resource Management	5
International Business	1

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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). More about our data sources and methodologies.