2023 Most Focused Colleges for Tax Law/Taxation in the Southeast Region

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools Highly Focused on Tax Law/Taxation Major in the Southeast Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Tax Law/Taxation is the 496th most popular major in the country with 777 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across the Southeast region, there were 129 tax law/taxation graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools Highly Focused on Tax Law/Taxation Major in the Southeast Region” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in tax law/taxation. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their tax law/taxation program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

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Schools Highly Focused on Tax Law/Taxation Major in the Southeast Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region tax law/taxation students.

Top 3 Most Focused Colleges for Tax Law/Taxation in the Southeast Region

1

University of Florida
Gainesville, Florida

#9 overall quality in Southeast

$51,332 Average Early-Career Earnings

$17,907 Average Student Debt

Out of the 3 schools in the Schools Highly Focused on Tax Law/Taxation Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Florida landed the #1 spot on the list. University of Florida is a public institution located in Gainesville, Florida. The school has a large population, and it awarded 79 ’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 97%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Tax Law/Taxation at University of Florida

2

University of Miami
Coral Gables, Florida

#18 overall quality in Southeast

$45,957 Average Early-Career Earnings

$17,552 Average Student Debt

Out of the 3 schools in the Schools Highly Focused on Tax Law/Taxation Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Miami landed the #2 spot on the list. Coral Gables, Florida is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out ’s tax law/taxation degrees to 19 students in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.9% 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 more about Tax Law/Taxation at University of Miami

3

The University of Alabama
Tuscaloosa, Alabama

$44,898 Average Early-Career Earnings

$24,259 Average Student Debt

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Alabama. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools Highly Focused on Tax Law/Taxation Major in the Southeast Region list. UA is a public institution located in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. The school has a large population, and it awarded 31 ’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Tax Law/Taxation at The University of Alabama

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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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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.