2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Tax Law/Taxation in the Great Lakes Region (With Aid)

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Tax Law/Taxation Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 860 people earned their degree in tax law/taxation, making the major the 480th most popular in the United States.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 106 tax law/taxation graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 61 tax law/taxation graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,039 and $42,488 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Tax Law/Taxation Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in tax law/taxation. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great tax law/taxation programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the tax law/taxation program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Tax Law/Taxation Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Tax Law/Taxation Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid.

Top 4 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Tax Law/Taxation in the Great Lakes Region (With Aid)

#1

Northwestern University

Evanston, Illinois

#1 in overall quality

$56,567 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Northwestern University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Tax Law/Taxation Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid. Evanston, Illinois is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s tax law/taxation degrees to 50 students in 2019-2020.

Northwestern did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Tax Law/Taxation Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Northwestern University are $56,567, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#2

Capital University

Columbus, Ohio

#5 in overall quality

$13,000 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Capital University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Tax Law/Taxation Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid list. Capital is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Columbus, Ohio. It awarded 1 masters’s tax law/taxation degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Capital, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best Tax Law/Taxation Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Capital are $13,000, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#3

Illinois Institute of Technology

Chicago, Illinois

#2 in overall quality

$30,695 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Tax Law/Taxation Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Illinois Institute of Technology landed the #3 spot on the list. Illinois Tech is a private not-for-profit institution located in Chicago, Illinois. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 2 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Illinois Tech also took the #2 spot in our “Best Tax Law/Taxation Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Illinois Tech are $30,695.

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#4

DePaul University

Chicago, Illinois

#3 in overall quality

$19,760 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend DePaul University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Tax Law/Taxation Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid. This large school is located in Chicago, Illinois, and it awarded 1 masters’s tax law/taxation degrees in 2019-2020.

DePaul also took the #3 spot in our “Best Tax Law/Taxation Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at DePaul University are $19,760, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Tax Law/Taxation (With Aid)

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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