by our College Data Analytics TeamThe main focus area for this major is Medical/Health Humanities. For more details on this concentration, visit its profile page.
Bioethics/Medical Ethics is a major offered under the health professions program of study at The University of Texas at San Antonio. Here, you’ll find out more about the major bachelor’s degree program in medical ethics, including such details as the number of graduates, ethnicity of students, related majors and concentrations, and more.
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In order to help students and their parents find the best school for them, we have created several different types of college rankings, which are updated yearly. The bachelor's program at UTSA was ranked #26 on College Factual's Best Schools for medical ethics list. It is also ranked #2 in Texas.
Here are some of the other rankings for UTSA.
Out-of-state part-time undergraduates at UTSA paid an average of $739 per credit hour in 2019-2020. The average for in-state students was $239 per credit hour. Information about average full-time undergraduate tuition and fees is shown in the table below.
| In State | Out of State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $5,724 | $17,730 |
| Fees | $2,842 | $2,842 |
| Books and Supplies | $1,000 | $1,000 |
| On Campus Room and Board | $8,676 | $8,676 |
| On Campus Other Expenses | $2,636 | $2,636 |
Learn more about UTSA tuition and fees.
Online degrees for the UTSA medical ethics bachelor’s degree program are not available at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the UTSA Online Learning page.
About 77.9% of the students who received their Bachelor’s in medical ethics in 2019-2020 were women. This is in the same ballpark of the nationwide number of 78.0%.
Racial-ethnic minority graduates* made up 83.6% of the medical ethics bachelor’s degrees at UTSA in 2019-2020. This is higher than the nationwide number of 63%.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 18 |
| Black or African American | 27 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 65 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
| White | 22 |
| International Students | 1 |
| Other Races/Ethnicities | 7 |
Bioethics/Medical Ethics students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
| Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Medical/Health Humanities | 140 |
You may also be interested in one of these majors related to bioethics/medical ethics.
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Health Sciences & Services | 92 |
| Public Health | 231 |
| Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services | 9 |
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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