Tax Law

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Total Degrees​
Awarded in 2022
962
growing 23.8%
Median In-State​
Public Tuition
$11,100
growing 2.27%
Median Out-of-State​
Private Tuition
$54,996
growing 3.55%

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In 2022, the locations with the highest concentration of Tax Law degree recipients are Washington, DC, New York, NY, and Boston, MA. In 2022, the locations with a relatively high number of Tax Law degree recipients are Evanston, IL, Washington, DC, and Gainesville, FL. The most common degree awarded to students studying Tax Law is a masters degree.

Institutions

Information about the types of higher education institutions that grant degrees in Tax Law and the types of students that study this field. Georgetown University awards the most degrees in Tax Law in the US, but Villanova University (216597) and Georgetown University have the highest percentage of degrees awarded in Tax Law.

Tuition costs for Tax Law majors are, on average, $11,100 for in-state public colleges, and $54,996 for out of state private colleges.

The most common sector, by number of institutions, that offers Tax Law programs are Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above institutions (22 total). The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded, is Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above (799 completions).

Institutions

Institution with the Most Degrees Awarded in Tax Law (2022)
  1. 175 degrees awarded
  2. 149 degrees awarded
  3. 117 degrees awarded

The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded in Tax Law, is Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above (799 completions in 2022).

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Tuition Costs for Common Institutions

$11,100
Median In-State Public
$54,996
Median Out of State Private

Georgetown University has the most Tax Law degree recipients, with 175 degrees awarded in 2022.

The following bar chart shows the state tuition for the top 5 institutions with the most degrees awarded in Tax Law.

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Specialized Colleges

Out of all institutions that offer Tax Law programs and have at least 5 graduates in those programs, Villanova University (216597) has the highest percentage of degrees awarded in Tax Law, with 2.98%.

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Growth in Awarded Degrees

Counties with the Fastest Growing Number of Degrees Awarded
  1. 126%
  2. 105%
  3. 100%

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Diversity

Demographic information for those who earn a degree in Legal in the United States.

The most common degree type these workers hold is a Masters Degree. Male employees are more likely to hold Legal degrees, and White students are the most common race/ethnicty group awarded degrees in Legal (470 students).

Degrees Awarded

The most common degree types awarded to students graduating in Tax Law are Masters Degree, Postbaccalaureate Certificate, and Post-Masters Certificate.

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Workforce Degrees

The closest comparable data for the 6 Digit Course Tax Law is from the 2 Digit Course Legal.

The most common degree types held by the working population in Legal are Bachelors Degree, Professional degree, and Masters Degree.

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Sex Imbalance for Common Institutions

Male (60.1%)
Most Common Sex with a Degree in this Field

This chart shows the granted degrees by sex at the 5 institutions that graduate the most students in Tax Law.

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Race & Ethnicity by Degrees Awarded

Most Common Race or Ethnicity
  1. White
    470 degrees awarded
  2. Unknown
    159 degrees awarded
  3. Non-resident Alien
    141 degrees awarded

This chart shows the number of degrees awarded in Tax Law for each race & ethnicity. White students earned the largest share of the degrees with this major.

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Race & Ethnicity by Sex

Most Common Race/Ethnicity and Sex Combination
  1. White Male
    248 degrees awarded
  2. White Female
    161 degrees awarded
  3. Unknown Male
    105 degrees awarded

This chart illustrates the differences by sex for each race & ethnicity of Masters Degree recipients in Tax Law.

White Male students, who earn most of the degrees in this field, are the most common combination of race/ethnicity and sex.

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Global Diversity

The closest comparable data for the 6 Digit Course Tax Law is from the 2 Digit Course Legal.
Most Common Countries of Origin
  1. Philippines
    756 degree recipients
  2. Mexico
    733 degree recipients
  3. China
    574 degree recipients
High Relative Number of Students
  1. Bulgaria
    5.57 times more than expected
  2. Japan
    3.45 times more than expected
  3. Ukraine
    3.26 times more than expected

There are a relatively high number of people that were born in Bulgaria that hold Legal degrees (5.57 times more than expected), and the most common country of origin by total numbers for non-US students earning a degree in this field is Philippines (756 degree recipients).

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Skills

Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for those working in the Tax Law field from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Tax Law majors need many skills, but most especially Speaking. The revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that Tax Law majors need more than the average amount of N/A.

These two visualizations, one a radial chart and one a bar chart, show the same information, a rating of how necessary the following skills are for Tax Law majors. Toggle between "value" and "RCA" to see the absolute rating of that skill (value) and the revealed comparative advantage (RCA), or how much greater or lesser that skill's rating is than the average. The longer the bar or the closer the line comes to the circumference of the circle, the more important that skill is. The importance of N/A is very distinctive for majors, but the Speaking, Reading Comprehension, and Active Listening are the three most important skills for people in the field.

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