The October 2009 issue of The National Jurist includes the Ultimate Guide to the 223 LL.M. Programs offered by U.S. Law Schools. I have taken that data, along with data from law school websites, to compile this ranking of graduate tax programs by tuition, along with links to each program and the most recent U.S. News tax ranking.
Resident Tuition:
Tuition Rank | Tuition Amount | Law School | US News Rank |
1 | 12,331 | 2 | |
2 | 14,280 | ||
3 | 14,910 | ||
4 | 16,752 | ||
5 | 17,864 | ||
6 | 19,242 | ||
7 | 21,600 | 10 | |
8 | 22,440 | ||
9 | 25,200 | ||
10 | 25,776 | ||
11 | 27,600 | ||
12 | 28,000 | ||
13 | 29,520 | ||
14 | 30,240 | 9 | |
14 | 30,240 | ||
16 | 30,600 | 7 | |
17 | 30,840 | ||
18 | 31,200 | 8 | |
19 | 31,330 | ||
20 | 31,720 | ||
21 | 34,392 | ||
22 | 34,576 | 10 | |
23 | 35,775 | 10 | |
24 | 36,000 | ||
25 | 38,816 | 5 | |
26 | 39,192 | 5 | |
27 | 41,850 | ||
28 | 43,750 | 2 | |
29 | 44,808 | 1 | |
30 | 46,725 | ||
31 | 48,440 | 4 | |
32 | 48,736 |
Non-resident tuition:
Tuition Rank | Tuition Amount | Law School | US News Rank |
1 | 14,280 | ||
2 | 19,630 | ||
3 | 21,600 | 10 | |
3 | 21,600 | ||
5 | 22,440 | ||
6 | 25,200 | ||
7 | 25,776 | ||
8 | 26,772 | ||
9 | 27,600 | ||
10 | 27,988 | ||
11 | 28,000 | ||
12 | 29,113 | 2 | |
13 | 29,520 | ||
14 | 30,240 | 9 | |
14 | 30,240 | ||
16 | 30,600 | 7 | |
17 | 31,200 | 8 | |
18 | 31,330 | ||
19 | 31,720 | ||
20 | 34,392 | ||
21 | 34,576 | 10 | |
22 | 35,775 | 10 | |
23 | 36,000 | ||
24 | 38,816 | 5 | |
25 | 39,192 | 5 | |
26 | 41,850 | ||
27 | 43,750 | 2 | |
28 | 44,808 | 1 | |
29 | 45,030 | ||
30 | 46,725 | ||
31 | 48,440 | 4 | |
32 | 48,736 |
Note that I have included tax programs not on the National Jurist list (Loyola-Chicago, Michigan, Thomas Jefferson, USC, and Western New England), and that the listed tuition may not include mandatory fees (such as NYU’s $1,178 registration and service fee).
Update: Fred Brown (Baltimore) notes that some graduate tax programs offer credit toward the LL.M. for J.D. tax courses, with a corresponding reduction in tuition. At Baltimore, for example, students can receive up to 15 credits for J.D. tax courses, thereby reducing the tuition burden in half — from $30,840 (resident)/$45,030 (non-resident) to $15,420 (resident)/$22,515 (non-resident).
