Tax Law/Taxation at Northwestern University

If you plan to study tax law/taxation, take a look at what Northwestern University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Northwestern is located in Evanston, Illinois and approximately 22,603 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Tax Law/Taxation section at the bottom of this page.

Northwestern Tax Law/Taxation Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Tax Law/Taxation

Northwestern Tax Law/Taxation Rankings

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Tax Law/Taxation Student Demographics at Northwestern

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the tax law/taxation majors at Northwestern University.

Northwestern Tax Law/Taxation Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 44 students graduated with a master's degree in tax law/taxation from Northwestern. About 59% were men and 41% were women.

Of the students who received a tax law/taxation master's degree from Northwestern, 66% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level. In the tax law/taxation master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 32% of degree recipients. That is 6% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Northwestern University with a master's in tax law/taxation.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	8
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	29
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Related Majors

Careers That Tax Law/Taxation Grads May Go Into

A degree in tax law/taxation can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for IL, the home state for Northwestern University.

Occupation	Jobs in IL	Average Salary in IL
Lawyers	31,260	$152,980

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Madcoverboy at en.wikipedia under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.