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Bioethics/Medical Ethics at Harvard University

We've pulled together some essential information you should know about the program, including how many students graduate each year, the ethnic diversity of these students, and more. We've also included details on how Harvard ranks compared to other colleges offering a major in medical ethics.

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Bioethics/Medical Ethics Degrees Available at Harvard

• Master’s Degree in Medical Ethics

Harvard Medical Ethics Rankings

Harvard is in the top 10% of the country for medical ethics. More specifically it was ranked #3 out of 29 schools by College Factual.

Popularity of Medical Ethics at Harvard

In 2021, 34 students received their master’s degree in medical ethics from Harvard. This makes it the #4 most popular school for medical ethics master’s degree candidates in the country.

Harvard Medical Ethics Students

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the medical ethics majors at Harvard University.

Harvard Bioethics/Medical Ethics Master’s Program

The medical ethics program at Harvard awarded 34 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 26% of these degrees went to men with the other 74% going to women.

The following table and chart show the ethnic background for students who recently graduated from Harvard University with a master's in medical ethics.

Ethnic Background	Number of Students
Asian	6
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	14
Non-Resident Aliens	8
Other Races	3

References

• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Elisa.rolle under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.