2023 Most Veteran Friendly in California for Tax Law/Taxation for a Master’s

Veterans have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Most Veteran Friendly in California for Tax Law/Taxation for a Master’s” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Tax Law/Taxation is the 496th most popular major in the country with 777 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across California, there were 81 tax law/taxation graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in California for Tax Law/Taxation for a Master’s” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in tax law/taxation. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent tax law/taxation programs, but they also offer a lot of support to veterans and active service members.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the tax law/taxation program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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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 “Most Veteran Friendly in California for Tax Law/Taxation for a Master’s” list to help you make the college decision.

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Most Veteran Friendly in California for Tax Law/Taxation for a Master’s

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in California for Tax Law/Taxation for a Master’s”.

Top 2 Best Tax Law/Taxation Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in California

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Golden Gate University - San Francisco
San Francisco, California

1,009 GI Bill® Students**

#2 in overall quality

YES Student Veterans Organization

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Golden Gate University - San Francisco. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in California for Tax Law/Taxation for a Master’s. Golden Gate University - San Francisco is located in San Francisco, California and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 8 masters’s tax law/taxation degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Golden Gate University - San Francisco, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Tax Law/Taxation Master’s Degree Schools in California” ranking.According to our most recent data, Golden Gate University - San Francisco supports 2,472 students, and 1,009 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 816 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $12,556. During this same period, 75 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Golden Gate University - San Francisco does offer credit for military training for eligible students.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

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University of San Diego
San Diego, California

44 GI Bill® Students**

#1 in overall quality

YES Student Veterans Organization

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of San Diego. The school came in at #2 for the Most Veteran Friendly in California for Tax Law/Taxation for a Master’s. This medium-sized school is located in San Diego, California, and it awarded 22 masters’s tax law/taxation degrees in 2020-2021.

USD also made our “Best Tax Law/Taxation Master’s Degree Schools in California” list, coming in at #1.Our most recent data shows that 44 of the 8,861 students enrolled at University of San Diego were GI Bill® students, of which 28 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $22,598. On top of their other funding sources, 17 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Full University of San Diego Veteran Student Life Report

• Best Tax Law/Taxation Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Far Western US Region
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Notes and References

References

• 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 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).
• Veteran-specific data can be found at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
• **GI Bill® student total includes all chapters of the GI Bill® program (e.g., Post-9/11, Montgomery GI Bill, Reserve Education Assistance Program, and Veteran Readiness and Employment)
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.