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Watertown, Massachusetts has 9 accredited schools offering taxation programs, with tuition ranging from $6,168 to $68,102 per year for indexed programs. Watertown has a population of about 35,025. In the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metro area, the top-earning taxation-related role is Accountant and Auditor at a median $100,150 annually (BLS OEWS, May 2025).
The accredited institutions listed below are the closest in our directory that offer taxation programs near Watertown, ranked by BOC Score and straight-line distance from Watertown city center. The list is rebuilt from federal IPEDS data on every site update.
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Source: IPEDS / College Scorecard (2023 cohort). Browse all Massachusetts schools on the Massachusetts taxation page.
Watertown is part of the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metro area (BLS area code 14460). Where MSA-level wages are published, the table below shows MSA medians; otherwise it falls back to Massachusetts statewide.
| Occupation | Median Wage | Source | COL-Adjusted (US=100) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Accountant and Auditor | $100,150 | Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH | $92,475 |
| Tax Preparer | $59,630 | Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH | $55,060 |
| Tax Examiner and Collector | $73,550 | Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH | $67,913 |
Source: BLS, May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes wage data at the metro (MSA) and state level – not by individual city.
| Metric | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Regional Price Parity (US=100) | 108.3 (above U.S. average) | BEA RPP 2024 |
Our directory has 9 accredited schools offering taxation programs near Watertown. The closest is Bentley University in Waltham, MA (2.6 miles), and the farthest of the schools shown is American International College (72.8 miles). 9 of the highlighted schools are flagged as offering distance education.
Based on BLS OEWS May 2025 wage data, the top-paying taxation-related roles near Watertown are: Accountant and Auditor ($100,150), Tax Examiner and Collector ($73,550), Tax Preparer ($59,630). These reflect MSA-level medians where published, with Massachusetts statewide fallback for occupations not reported at the metro level.
Cambridge, MA is 3.0 miles from Watertown and has its own set of local taxation programs – see the city’s page. For online programs, distance matters less; for hybrid or in-person formats, comparing both can help.
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Compare every accredited online degree program with city-level data for Watertown:
Data verified: August 11, 2026. Salary, employment, and tuition figures on this page are sourced from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (OEWS May 2025; Employment Projections 2024–2034) and the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard (2023 cohort). The source agency and data year are cited inline with every statistic.
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