by our College Data Analytics Team
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 Southeast Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Taxation is the 366th most popular major in the country with 1,547 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Southeast region, there were 139 taxation graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 137 taxation graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,213 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Taxation Major in the Southeast Region” ranking looked at 9 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in taxation. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in taxation.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Taxation Major in the Southeast Region”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Mississippi. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Taxation Major in the Southeast Region list. Located in University, Mississippi, this large public school awarded 56 diplomas to qualified masters’s taxation students in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Out of the 9 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Taxation Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Florida Atlantic University landed the #2 spot on the list. This large school is located in Boca Raton, Florida, and it awarded 35 masters’s taxation degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Mississippi State University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Taxation Major in the Southeast Region list. Mississippi State University is a large public school situated in Mississippi State, Mississippi. It awarded 13 masters’s taxation degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The University of Alabama. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Taxation Major in the Southeast Region. UA is located in Tuscaloosa, Alabama and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 17 masters’s taxation degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.0% 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Georgia State University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Taxation Major in the Southeast Region list. This large school is located in Atlanta, Georgia, and it awarded 13 masters’s taxation degrees in 2020-2021.
University of New Orleans did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Taxation Major in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #6. University of New Orleans is a medium-sized school located in New Orleans, Louisiana that handed out 1 masters’s taxation degrees in 2020-2021.
With a ranking of #7, Nova Southeastern University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Taxation Major in the Southeast Region list. This large school is located in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and it awarded 2 masters’s taxation degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Virginia Commonwealth University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Taxation Major in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #8. This large school is located in Richmond, Virginia, and it awarded 0 masters’s taxation degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Tulane University of Louisiana came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Taxation Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Tulane University of Louisiana is a fairly large school located in New Orleans, Louisiana that handed out 0 masters’s taxation degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 92%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
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