Dallas, TX (population: 1,304,930) has seven tax accounting schools within its city limits. Southern Methodist University, the highest ranked school in the city with a tax accounting program, has a total student population of 10,891. It is the 976th highest ranked school in the USA and the 43rd highest in the state of Texas (#1 is Rice University).
Tax Accounting students from Dallas schools who go on to become tax accountants, accountants, forensic accountants, tax preparers, etc. have a good chance at finding employment. For example, there are 1,106,980 people working as accountants and auditors alone in the US, and their average annual salary is $67,430. Also, Tax preparers make on average $36,060 per year and there are about 61,130 of them employed in the US today. In fact, in the Dallas-Plano-Irving Metropolitan area alone, there are 950 employed tax preparers earning an average salary of $31,790. Accountants and auditors in this area earn $68,430/yr and there are 23,050 employed.
Dallas lies in Dallas county, which is one of the 154 counties in Texas. Overall, the Dallas-Plano-Irving Metropolitan area has 2,047,600 total employed workers according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, with a 0.6% unemployment rate, $22.17/hr average worker wage, and a $46,110 average annual salary. Thus, about 11.256 out of every 1000 jobs in Dallas are held by accountants and auditors, and 0.463/1000 are held by tax preparers.
Of the 7 tax accounting schools in Dallas, only 2 have a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, Southern Methodist University comes out as the most expensive ($28,682/yr) for tax accounting students, with El Centro College as the lowest, reported at only $5,469/yr.
Name | State | Population | # of Schools | Avg School Rank | Total Programs | Distance from Dallas |
Mesquite | TX | 134,509 | 2 | 15.1606 | 53 | 10.0 miles |
Garland | TX | 220,597 | 5 | 20.3828 | 26 | 11.6 miles |
Irving | TX | 206,798 | 5 | 26.9216 | 138 | 12.6 miles |
Rowlett | TX | 57,581 | 0 | - | 0 | 15.2 miles |
Carrollton | TX | 130,013 | 4 | 29.2073 | 85 | 15.8 miles |
Grand Prairie | TX | 167,767 | 3 | 23.6315 | 22 | 16.1 miles |
University | MS | - | 1 | 33.9448 | 106 | 17.4 miles |
Plano | TX | 282,016 | 1 | 11.5039 | 67 | 18.0 miles |
Grapevine | TX | 51,993 | 0 | - | 0 | 19.9 miles |
Lewisville | TX | 108,843 | 0 | - | 0 | 21.2 miles |
Arlington | TX | 385,024 | 17 | 27.7925 | 325 | 22.1 miles |
Allen | TX | 90,456 | 0 | - | 0 | 22.9 miles |
Frisco | TX | 114,533 | 0 | - | 0 | 24.3 miles |
Flower Mound | TX | 72,721 | 0 | - | 0 | 24.9 miles |
Mansfield | TX | 51,237 | 5 | 21.6558 | 95 | 25.4 miles |
North Richland Hills | TX | 67,133 | 1 | 26.4697 | 12 | 26.6 miles |
Keller | TX | 41,437 | 0 | - | 0 | 28.4 miles |
Forth Worth | TX | - | 3 | 11.7915 | 4 | 32.4 miles |
Fort Worth | TX | 751,149 | 10 | 30.6263 | 324 | 33.3 miles |
Denton | TX | 127,364 | 2 | 47.1819 | 284 | 35.8 miles |
Corsicana | TX | - | 1 | 14.4403 | 62 | 51.2 miles |
Durant | OK | - | 3 | 29.6864 | 92 | 86.4 miles |
Tyler | TX | 101,017 | 4 | 24.7884 | 222 | 91.4 miles |
Paris | TX | - | 2 | 22.8036 | 81 | 92.6 miles |
Ardmore | OK | - | 1 | 18.2326 | 23 | 98.1 miles |