2025 Best Taxation Schools in the Great Lakes Region
3Colleges in the Great Lakes Region
183Taxation Degrees Awarded
$81,697Avg Early-Career Salary
Taxation is about average in terms of popularity for degree programs. That is, it ranks #220 out of the 395 majors across the country that we analyze each year. So, it might take a little more work to find colleges and universities that offer the degree program.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 3 schools in the Great Lakes Region to determine which ones were the best for taxation students pursuing a degree. Combined, these schools handed out 183 degrees in taxation to qualified students.
The taxation program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Taxation rankings. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for taxation schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Taxation Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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Best Schools for Taxation in the Great Lakes Region
Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the taxation degree levels they offer.
It is difficult to beat University of Cincinnati - Main Campus if you want to pursue a degree in taxation. Located in the city of Cincinnati, UC is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 6th out of 91 colleges for overall quality in the state of Ohio.
There were approximately 44 taxation students who graduated with this degree at UC in the most recent data year.
DePaul University is a wonderful choice for students interested in a degree in taxation. DePaul is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Chicago. A Best Colleges rank of #135 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means DePaul is a great university overall.
There were approximately 30 taxation students who graduated with this degree at DePaul in the most recent data year. Taxation degree recipients from DePaul University get an earnings boost of approximately $20,612 above the average income of taxation graduates.
University of Akron Main Campus is a wonderful option for students interested in a degree in taxation. Located in the city of Akron, University of Akron Main Campus is a public university with a large student population. This university ranks 23rd out of 91 colleges for overall quality in the state of Ohio.
There were roughly 4 taxation students who graduated with this degree at University of Akron Main Campus in the most recent year we have data available. Soon after graduating, taxation degree recipients generally earn about $72,916 in the first five years of their career.
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).