2025 Best Taxation Master's Degree Schools in Washington

If you plan on getting your master's degree in taxation, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #95 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 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in Washington to determine which ones were the best for taxation students pursuing a master's degree. Combined, these schools handed out 52 master's degrees in taxation to qualified students.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Early-Career Earnings

One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of master's graduates during the early years of their career. That is, everyone wants their master's degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to taxation students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of taxation students who choose to seek a master's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Student Debt - How much debt taxation students go into to obtain their master's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized taxation related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for taxation students working on their master's degree.

More Ways to Rank Taxation Schools

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Taxation Master's Degree Schools in Washington ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Taxation in Washington

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a master's degree in taxation.

Top Washington Schools for a Master's in Taxation

1

University of Washington - Seattle Campus
Seattle, WA

25 Annual Graduates

$73,841 Median Starting Salary

It is difficult to beat University of Washington - Seattle Campus if you want to pursue a master's degree in taxation. UW Seattle is a very large public university located in the city of Seattle.

After graduating, taxation master's recipients usually make an average of $73,841 at the beginning of their careers.

More information about a master’s in taxation from University of Washington - Seattle Campus

2

Gonzaga University
Spokane, WA

27 Annual Graduates

$77,137 Median Starting Salary

It is hard to beat Gonzaga University if you want to pursue a master's degree in taxation. Gonzaga is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit university located in the city of Spokane.

Students who graduate with their master's from the taxation program report average early career wages of $77,137.

More information about a master’s in taxation from Gonzaga University

Best Taxation Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Best Taxation Colleges in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
California	253	218
Oregon	158	23

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Taxation Related Rankings by Major

One of 21 majors within the Business, Management & Marketing area of study, Taxation has other similar majors worth exploring.

Taxation Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
Taxation	52

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Business Administration & Management	1,966
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods	355
Accounting	171
Entrepreneurial Studies	41
General Business/Commerce	3
Human Resource Management	2

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.