Taxation isn't the most popular major in the world, but it's not the least popular either. To be more precise it ranks #220 in popularity out of 395 majors in the country. As such, the degree program isn't offered at every college in the United States, but there are schools that do have a program in the field that are top-notch when it comes to quality.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in Washington to determine which ones were the best for taxation students pursuing a degree. Combined, these schools handed out 61 degrees in taxation to qualified students.
When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Taxation Schools in Washington list to help you make the college decision.
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If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the taxation degrees they offer, see the list below.
It's hard to beat University of Washington - Seattle Campus if you want to pursue a degree in taxation. Located in the city of Seattle, UW Seattle is a public university with a fairly large student population.
Students who graduate with their degree from the taxation program state that they receive average early career earnings of $73,841.
Every student pursuing a degree in taxation needs to check out Gonzaga University. Located in the medium-sized city of Spokane, Gonzaga is a private not-for-profit university with a medium-sized student population.
After graduation, taxation degree recipients usually earn an average of $77,137 at the beginning of their careers.
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).