University of Miami Master of Science in Taxation in 2027

This on-campus master's in Coral Gables takes 10 months full time, welcomes students from any undergraduate major, and builds Certified Public Accountant exam preparation into the required courses.

The Master of Science in Taxation at the University of Miami is an on-campus program in the business school, and it starts each August. Full-time students finish in 10 months. If you work, a professional part-time track stretches the same curriculum, course sequence and faculty over 24 months.

The school designed the program for students from any undergraduate background, not only accounting majors, and most of its students intend to become Certified Public Accountants (CPAs). Courses range from Tax Research and Partnership Taxation to Introduction to Accounting Analytics, and merit scholarships are considered for everyone admitted.

Neither the Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT) nor the GRE is required for admission.

The school reports that 100% of those seeking employment achieved a full-time job after graduation in 2024. Alumni employers named by the business school include Deloitte, Ernst & Young, KPMG, PwC, BDO, Grant Thornton, RSM, Berkowitz Pollack Brant, Royal Caribbean and Lennar.

The business school also reports a first-time CPA exam pass rate of 78%, which compares to the national average of 55 percent. With CPA Review I in the required plan and most students aiming for the license, exam preparation runs through the whole degree.

Where this degree can lead: Masters in Taxation Jobs.

Who It Fits

• Accounting majors who want to specialize: the plan gives you 30 credits aimed at taxation, and the school says the master's is built for careers in taxation.
• Career changers: a six-week Core Accounting Program in July and August covers the accounting basics, and then you move straight into the taxation master's in the fall.
• Miami undergraduates: an accelerated path lets you complete your bachelor's and master's degrees and make significant progress on the CPA exam within 4½ years.
• Working professionals: the part-time professional track runs 24 months with the same faculty and course sequence as the full-time program.
• Students drawn to data: electives include Python Programming, Dashboard Tools for Visual Analytics, Applied Regression Analysis and Machine Learning for Data Analytics.

The required list opens with Tax Research, Income Taxation and Business Entities, Corporate Taxation I, Partnership Taxation and Accounting for Income Taxes. International Accounting and Taxation, Business Combinations Complex Estimates, Introduction to Accounting Analytics and Executive Problem Solving, a course in critical thinking and strategic communication, fill out the rest.

Each of these courses is worth two credits. CPA Review I is a required course that carries zero credits, so exam preparation is part of the plan itself. The electives let you go further into tax with Corporate Taxation II, Seminar in Taxation, Issues in Tax Policy and Taxation of Multinational Corporations, or branch into Forensic Accounting, Internal Auditing, Personal Financial Planning and The Public Corporation: Legal Perspectives.

If you lean toward data work, you can choose from Python Programming, Dashboard Tools for Visual Analytics, Data Acquisition and Preparation, Applied Regression Analysis I and Machine Learning for Data Analytics I. The Master of Science in Taxation is designed for students interested in careers in taxation.

Courses the School Names

• Tax Research
• Corporate Taxation I
• Partnership Taxation
• Accounting for Income Taxes
• International Accounting and Taxation
• Introduction to Accounting Analytics
• electives including Taxation of Multinational Corporations, Issues in Tax Policy and Forensic Accounting

Standout Features

• Accelerated path for Miami undergraduates finishes both degrees in 4½ years
• Part-time professional track stretches the program from 10 to 24 months with the same curriculum and faculty
• Six-week Core Accounting Program lets students from any undergraduate major enter the MS in Taxation

It's 30 credit hours. Full-time students finish in 10 months, and part-time professionals take 24 months. Everyone starts in August. If your bachelor's degree isn't in accounting, you complete 42 semester hours: the 12-credit Core Accounting Program plus the 30 credits of the taxation master's.

That summer session is six weeks long, made up of two three-week modules, and it begins in July. After it, full-time students may graduate in as little as two semesters. Miami undergraduates who take the accelerated path complete both degrees within 4½ years, and they take an approved CPA review course the summer after senior year and are expected to pass part or all of the exam.

Tuition is $2,255 per credit hour, the rate the school lists for the 2027-2028 academic year, which comes to $67,653 for the 30-credit program. Every admitted applicant is considered for merit-based scholarships, there's no separate application process for those awards, and you learn the scholarship decision when you're admitted.

Test scores aren't mandatory, but the school says submitting an unofficial score can help you secure the maximum merit-based scholarship. If you come from a non-accounting background, the 12-credit Core Accounting Program adds to the 30 credits.

30 credits at $2,255 a credit comes to $67,650 in tuition, before fees.

You'll take this program on campus in Coral Gables, full time or part time. Whichever track you pick, you're in class in person with the same faculty, and the part-time track keeps the same course sequence, just spread across 24 months instead of 10.

Everyone starts together in August. When you graduate, you join a community of 45,000+ business leaders around the world, and one-on-one career coaching is built into the program.

The full rubric is on the methodology page.

A full-time student quoted on the program page in 2026 calls the Master of Taxation a transformative experience and credits the curriculum, faculty and real-world focus with preparing them for the CPA path and a tax role at Deloitte. A second student says the faculty are cutting edge professionals who have had direct impacts in tax regulation and law.

In Niche's 2026 poll of business school students, every respondent said the degree is worth the time and money, 88% said professors care about their success, 88% said they are confident they will find a job after graduation, and 88% said professors helped connect them to future opportunities. Niche rates the business school 4.57 out of 5 from 14 reviews.

• How much merit scholarship have recent admitted students received, and does an unofficial test score change it?
• How is CPA Review I scheduled, and which CPA exam sections do most students attempt first?
• If I come from a non-accounting major, how do I register for the July Core Accounting Program?
• Which electives do students pair with Tax Research and Corporate Taxation I?
• What does the part-time professional track look like semester by semester?

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• Master of Science in Taxation Rank 19 of 21, master's
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