2025 Best Taxation Master's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

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.

College Factual looked at 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Taxation Master's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 50 master's degrees in taxation during the 2022-2023 academic year.

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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

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on taxation students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other taxation students want to attend this school to pursue a master's degree.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Student Debt - How easy is it for taxation to pay back their student loans after receiving their master's degree.
• 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.

One Size Does Not Fit All

The taxation school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Taxation Master's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region.

Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Taxation in the Rocky Mountains Region

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

Top Rocky Mountains Region Schools for a Master's in Taxation

1

University of Colorado Boulder
Boulder, CO

11 Annual Graduates

Any student who is interested in a master's degree in taxation has to check out University of Colorado Boulder. CU - Boulder is a very large public university located in the city of Boulder.More information about a master’s in taxation from University of Colorado Boulder

2

Weber State University
Ogden, UT

20 Annual Graduates

$64,434 Median Starting Salary

Any student pursuing a degree in a master's degree in taxation has to look into Weber State University. WSU is a very large public university located in the small city of Ogden.

Master's graduates who receive their degree from the taxation program make around $64,434 in their early career salary.

More information about a master’s in taxation from Weber State University

Best Taxation Colleges by State

Explore the best taxation colleges for a specific state in the Rocky Mountains Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Colorado	185	59
Utah	164	24
Idaho	96	1

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Rankings in Majors Related to Taxation

Taxation is one of 21 different types of Business, Management & Marketing programs to choose from.

Taxation Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
Taxation	50

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Business Administration & Management	8,228
Accounting	1,367
Management Information Systems	774
Human Resource Management	620
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods	527
General Business/Commerce	258
Finance & Financial Management	188
Marketing	114
Real Estate	89
Entrepreneurial Studies	52

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.