2025 Best Taxation Master's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region

a master's degree in taxation is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #95 out of 343 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 3 schools in the Great Lakes Region to determine which ones were the best for taxation students pursuing a master's degree. Combined, these schools handed out 79 master's degrees in taxation to qualified students.

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Choosing a Great Taxation School for Your Master's Degree

The taxation master's degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. When choosing a school we recommend considering some of the following factors:

Quality Overall Is Important

The overall quality of a master's degree school is important to ensure a good education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To account for this we consider a school's overall Best Colleges for a Master's Degree ranking which itself looks at a combination of various factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.

Average Earnings

To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving their master's degree from the school. This is because one of the main reasons people pursue their master's degree is to enable themselves to find better-paying positions.

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 full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges 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 the Great Lakes Region ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Taxation in the Great Lakes Region

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a master's degree in taxation.

Top Great Lakes Region Schools for a Master's in Taxation

1

University of Cincinnati - Main Campus
Cincinnati, OH

30 Annual Graduates

University of Cincinnati - Main Campus is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a master's degree in taxation. Located in the city of Cincinnati, UC is a public university with a very large student population.More information about a master’s in taxation from University of Cincinnati - Main Campus

2

DePaul University
Chicago, IL

20 Annual Graduates

$102,309 Median Starting Salary

Every student pursuing a degree in a master's degree in taxation needs to take a look at DePaul University. DePaul is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Chicago.

Those taxation students who get their master's degree from DePaul University receive $5,989 more than the average taxation student.

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

3

University of Akron Main Campus
Akron, OH

10 Annual Graduates

$72,916 Median Starting Salary

Any student who is interested in a master's degree in taxation has to look into University of Akron Main Campus. Located in the midsize city of Akron, University of Akron Main Campus is a public university with a large student population.

Master's graduates who receive their degree from the taxation program earn about $72,916 for their early career.

More information about a master’s in taxation from University of Akron Main Campus

Best Taxation Colleges by State

Explore the best taxation colleges for a specific state in the Great Lakes Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Illinois	221	65
Michigan	211	22
Ohio	207	36
Indiana	191	4

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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	79

Majors Similar to Taxation

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Business Administration & Management	15,707
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods	7,639
General Business/Commerce	2,650
Accounting	1,646
Human Resource Management	947
Finance & Financial Management	815
Marketing	680
Management Information Systems	257
Other Business, Management & Marketing	110
Entrepreneurial Studies	60

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.