2024 Best Tax Law/Taxation Schools in the Southwest Region

If you plan on majoring in tax law/taxation, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #496 in the country in terms of popularity. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in the Southwest Region to determine which ones were the best for tax law/taxation students pursuing a degree. Combined, these schools handed out 19 degrees in tax law/taxation to qualified students.

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• Best Overall Tax Law/Taxation Schools List

Pick Your Tax Law/Taxation Degree Level

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Tax Law/Taxation Schools in the Southwest Region ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision. If you'd like to restrict your choices to just one part of the country, you can filter this list by location.

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Best Schools for Tax Law/Taxation in the Southwest Region

Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the tax law/taxation degree levels they offer.

Top Southwest Region Schools in Tax Law/Taxation

1

Southern Methodist University
Dallas, TX

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

Every student pursuing a degree in tax law/taxation has to check out Southern Methodist University. Located in the large suburb of Dallas, SMU is a private not-for-profit university with a large student population.More information about a degree in tax law/taxation from Southern Methodist University

2

University of Houston
Houston, TX

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

Any student pursuing a degree in tax law/taxation needs to check out University of Houston. Located in the large city of Houston, UH is a public university with a very large student population.More information about a degree in tax law/taxation from University of Houston

Best Tax Law/Taxation Colleges by State

Explore the best tax law/taxation colleges for a specific state in the Southwest Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Texas	905	17
Arizona	670	2

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Tax Law/Taxation Related Rankings by Major

Tax Law/Taxation is one of 24 different types of Legal Research programs to choose from.

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
General Advanced Legal Research/Studies	406
Other Legal Research & Advanced Professional Studies	160
Energy, Environment, & Natural Resources Law	110
Health Law	84
American/U.S. Law/Legal Studies/Jurisprudence	56
Programs for Foreign Lawyers	31
International Business, Trade, & Tax Law	13
International Law & Legal Studies	12
Tribal/Indigenous Law	9
Banking, Corporate, Finance, & Securities Law	8

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Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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 the rest 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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.