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2023 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Taxation in the Southwest Region

6 Ranked Colleges
110 Degrees Awarded
$59,792 Avg Salary
Schools for a Master's Highly Focused on Taxation Major in the Southwest Region

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Taxation Major in the Southwest Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Taxation is the 220th most popular major in the country with 1,547 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. 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 the Southwest region, there were 120 taxation graduates with average earnings and debt of $59,792 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 110 taxation graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,204 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Taxation Major in the Southwest Region” ranking analyzed 6 colleges that offered a degree 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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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Taxation Major in the Southwest Region

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Taxation Major in the Southwest Region”.

Top 6 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Taxation in the Southwest Region

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Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Taxation Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Southern Methodist University landed the #1 spot on the list. SMU is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Dallas, Texas. It awarded 26 masters’s taxation degrees in 2020-2021.

With a freshman retention rate of 90%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Taxation at SMU

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Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Taxation Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of North Texas landed the #2 spot on the list. University of North Texas is located in Denton, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 43 masters’s taxation degrees to qualified students.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.

Full University of North Texas Taxation Report

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Baylor University
Waco, Texas

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Baylor University. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Taxation Major in the Southwest Region. Baylor is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Waco, Texas. It awarded 9 masters’s taxation degrees in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.2% 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 91%.

Read full report on Taxation at Baylor

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Arizona State University - Tempe. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Taxation Major in the Southwest Region. Located in Tempe, Arizona, this large public school handed out 24 degrees to qualified masters’s taxation students in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.5% 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 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read full report on Taxation at Arizona State University - Tempe

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Texas at Arlington. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Taxation Major in the Southwest Region list. The University of Texas at Arlington is a large public school situated in Arlington, Texas. It awarded 8 masters’s taxation degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full The University of Texas at Arlington Taxation Report

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Texas A&M University - Kingsville came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Taxation Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Located in Kingsville, Texas, this medium-sized public school awarded 0 degrees to qualified masters’s taxation students in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Taxation at Texas A&M Kingsville

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