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2022 Best Value Tax Law/Taxation Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region

5 Ranked Colleges
61 Degrees Awarded
$26,300 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Tax Law/Taxation Schools for a Master's in the Great Lakes Region

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 “Best Value Tax Law/Taxation Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region” ranking - to help you make that decision.

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.

This year’s “Best Value Tax Law/Taxation Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region” ranking analyzed 5 colleges that offered a degree in tax law/taxation. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent tax law/taxation programs, but they also 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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

The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region master’s degree tax law/taxation students.

Top 5 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Tax Law/Taxation in the Great Lakes Region

#4 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Tax Law/Taxation Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Western Michigan University Thomas M. Cooley Law School landed the #1 spot on the list. Western Michigan University Thomas M. Cooley Law School is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Lansing, Michigan. It awarded 7 masters’s tax law/taxation degrees in 2019-2020.

WMU-Cooley Law School did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Tax Law/Taxation Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Western Michigan University Thomas M. Cooley Law School are $11,440, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#2

DePaul University

Chicago, Illinois
#3 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Tax Law/Taxation Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, DePaul University landed the #2 spot on the list. DePaul is a large school located in Chicago, Illinois that handed out 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 are $19,760, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Illinois Institute of Technology. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Tax Law/Taxation Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region. This medium-sized school is located in Chicago, Illinois, and it awarded 2 masters’s tax law/taxation degrees in 2019-2020.

Illinois Tech also made our “Best Tax Law/Taxation Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #2. Average graduate tuition and fees at Illinois Tech are $30,695, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#4

Capital University

Columbus, Ohio
#5 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Tax Law/Taxation Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Capital University landed the #4 spot on the list. Located in Columbus, Ohio, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 1 diplomas to qualified masters’s tax law/taxation students in 2019-2020.

Capital not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Tax Law/Taxation Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Capital University are $13,000, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#5

Northwestern University

Evanston, Illinois
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Northwestern University. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Tax Law/Taxation Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region. Northwestern is a private not-for-profit institution located in Evanston, Illinois. The school has a large population, and it awarded 50 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our great lakes region master’s degree tax law/taxation students list, Northwestern has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Tax Law/Taxation Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Northwestern are $56,567, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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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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