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2022 Best Value Taxation Schools for a Master’s in California

6 Ranked Colleges
284 Degrees Awarded
$24,000 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Taxation Schools for a Master's in California

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Taxation Schools for a Master’s in California” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Taxation is the 201st most popular major in the country with 1,791 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, taxation graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $73,745 and had an average of $30,201 in loans still to pay off.

Across California, there were 558 taxation graduates with average earnings and debt of $74,250 and $30,645 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 284 taxation graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,281 and $50,119 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Taxation Schools for a Master’s in California” ranking analyzed 6 colleges that offered a degree in taxation. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great taxation programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the taxation program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Taxation Schools for a Master’s in California

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Taxation Schools for a Master’s in California.

Top 6 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Taxation in California

#1

Golden Gate University - San Francisco

San Francisco, California

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Golden Gate University - San Francisco. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Taxation Schools for a Master’s in California list. Located in San Francisco, California, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 119 diplomas to qualified masters’s taxation students in 2019-2020.

Golden Gate University - San Francisco not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Taxation Master’s Degree Schools in California” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Golden Gate University - San Francisco are $19,705, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Taxation at Golden Gate University - San Francisco

#3 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Taxation Schools for a Master’s in California that were part of this year’s ranking, California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo landed the #2 spot on the list. San Luis Obispo, California is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s taxation degrees to 16 students in 2019-2020.

Cal Poly San Luis Obispo did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Taxation Master’s Degree Schools in California” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo are $21,009, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo Taxation Report

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend California State University - Northridge. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Taxation Schools for a Master’s in California. Located in Northridge, California, this large public school awarded 28 degrees to qualified masters’s taxation students in 2019-2020.

CSUN also made our “Best Taxation Master’s Degree Schools in California” list, coming in at #5. Average graduate tuition and fees at CSUN are $17,955, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Taxation at California State University - Northridge

#4

San Jose State University

San Jose, California

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend San Jose State University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Taxation Schools for a Master’s in California list. San Jose State is a public institution located in San Jose, California. The school has a large population, and it awarded 27 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

San Jose State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Taxation Master’s Degree Schools in California” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at San Jose State are $18,790, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Taxation at San Jose State University

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend California State University - Fullerton. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Taxation Schools for a Master’s in California. Fullerton, California is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s taxation degrees to 23 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our california master’s degree taxation students list, Cal State Fullerton has also earned the #6 rank in our “Best Taxation Master’s Degree Schools in California” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Cal State Fullerton are $17,892.

Read full report on Taxation at Cal State Fullerton

#6

University of Southern California

Los Angeles, California

University of Southern California did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Taxation Schools for a Master’s in California ranking, coming in at #6. University of Southern California is a private not-for-profit institution located in Los Angeles, California. The school has a large population, and it awarded 64 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

USC not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Taxation Master’s Degree Schools in California” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Southern California are $48,715, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full University of Southern California Taxation Report

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Notes and References

References

  • 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 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).
  • Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
  • Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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