2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Tax Law/Taxation for a Master’s
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It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for veterans. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Tax Law/Taxation for a Master’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 777 people earned their degree in tax law/taxation, making the major the 496th most popular in the United States.
Across the Great Lakes region, there were 93 tax law/taxation graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Tax Law/Taxation for a Master’s” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered 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.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as veteran satisfaction, veteran affordability, and overall quality of the tax law/taxation program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Tax Law/Taxation for a Master’s
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Tax Law/Taxation for a Master’s”.
Top 3 Best Tax Law/Taxation Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Great Lakes Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend DePaul University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Tax Law/Taxation for a Master’s list. Located in Chicago, Illinois, this large private not-for-profit school handed out 2 diplomas to qualified masters’s tax law/taxation students in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at DePaul, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Tax Law/Taxation Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 528 of the 21,922 students enrolled at DePaul University were GI Bill® students, of which 367 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $14,957. To help with additional expenses, 101 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
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%.
[Read full report on veteran student life at DePaul]](/colleges/depaul-university/student-life/veterans/)
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Western Michigan University Thomas M. Cooley Law School. The school came in at #2 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Tax Law/Taxation for a Master’s. Western Michigan University Thomas M. Cooley Law School is located in Lansing, Michigan and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 11 masters’s tax law/taxation degrees to qualified students.
WMU-Cooley Law School not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Tax Law/Taxation Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list.Of the 972 students enrolled at WMU-Cooley Law School, 15 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 9 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $14,506. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.
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%. With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Northwestern University. The school came in at #3 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Tax Law/Taxation for a Master’s. Northwestern is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Evanston, Illinois. It awarded 44 masters’s tax law/taxation degrees in 2020-2021.
Northwestern also made our “Best Tax Law/Taxation Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #1.Our most recent data shows that 1 of the 22,603 students enrolled at Northwestern were GI Bill® students, of which 1 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $399. To help with additional expenses, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program.
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%. With a freshman retention rate of 97%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Northwestern]](/colleges/northwestern-university/student-life/veterans/)
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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
- *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.
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