by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Taxation Major in Illinois” ranking - to help you make that decision.
In 2020-2021, 1,547 people earned their degree in taxation, making the major the 220th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, taxation graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $77,471 and had an average of $0 in loans still to pay off.
Across Illinois, there were 65 taxation graduates with average earnings and debt of $100,082 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 65 taxation graduates with average earnings and debt of $59,317 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Taxation Major in Illinois” ranking looked at 4 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in taxation. That schools that top this list have a program in taxation in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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The taxation school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Taxation Major in Illinois”.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for illinois master’s degree taxation students.
Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Taxation Major in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, DePaul University landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Chicago, Illinois, this large private not-for-profit school handed out 54 diplomas to qualified masters’s taxation students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Taxation Major in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, Northern Illinois University landed the #2 spot on the list. Northern Illinois University is located in Dekalb, Illinois and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 11 masters’s taxation degrees to qualified students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Benedictine University. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Taxation Major in Illinois. Benedictine U is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Lisle, Illinois. It awarded 0 masters’s taxation degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Taxation Major in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign landed the #3 spot on the list. This large school is located in Champaign, Illinois, and it awarded 0 masters’s taxation degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.3% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Full University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Taxation Report
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