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2022 Best Value Medical Ethics Schools for a Doctorate

4 Ranked Colleges
17 Degrees Awarded
$22,600 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Medical Ethics Schools for a Doctorate

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Medical Ethics Schools for a Doctorate” ranking - to help you make that decision.

In 2019-2020, 611 people earned their degree in bioethics/medical ethics, making the major the 588th most popular in the United States.

At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 17 bioethics/medical ethics graduates with average earnings and debt of $72,680 and $116,043 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Medical Ethics Schools for a Doctorate” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in bioethics/medical ethics. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality bioethics/medical ethics programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the bioethics/medical ethics program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Medical Ethics Schools for a Doctorate

The colleges and universities below are the best for doctor’s degree medical ethics students.

Top 5 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Bioethics/Medical Ethics

#1

Saint Louis University

Saint Louis, Missouri
#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Saint Louis University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Medical Ethics Schools for a Doctorate. SLU is a fairly large school located in Saint Louis, Missouri that handed out 2 doctorate’s medical ethics degrees in 2019-2020.

SLU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Bioethics/Medical Ethics Doctor’s Degree Schools” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at SLU are $22,074, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Bioethics/Medical Ethics at Saint Louis University

#2

Loyola University Chicago

Chicago, Illinois
#3 in overall quality

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Medical Ethics Schools for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, Loyola University Chicago landed the #2 spot on the list. Loyola Chicago is a private not-for-profit institution located in Chicago, Illinois. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 9 doctorate’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Loyola Chicago not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Bioethics/Medical Ethics Doctor’s Degree Schools” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Loyola Chicago are $19,154, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Bioethics/Medical Ethics at Loyola University Chicago

#3

Duquesne University

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Duquesne University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Medical Ethics Schools for a Doctorate. Duquesne University is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It awarded 3 doctorate’s medical ethics degrees in 2019-2020.

Duquesne not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Bioethics/Medical Ethics Doctor’s Degree Schools” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Duquesne University are $24,048.

Full Duquesne University Bioethics/Medical Ethics Report

#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The University of Texas Medical Branch. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Medical Ethics Schools for a Doctorate. This small school is located in Galveston, Texas, and it awarded 1 doctorate’s medical ethics degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our doctor’s degree medical ethics students list, UTMB Galveston has also earned the #5 rank in our “Best Bioethics/Medical Ethics Doctor’s Degree Schools” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UTMB Galveston are $17,500.

Read more about Bioethics/Medical Ethics at The University of Texas Medical Branch

#4

Albany Medical College

Albany, New York
#4 in overall quality

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Medical Ethics Schools for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, Albany Medical College landed the #4 spot on the list. AMC Albany is a small school located in Albany, New York that handed out 2 doctorate’s medical ethics degrees in 2019-2020.

AMC Albany not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Bioethics/Medical Ethics Doctor’s Degree Schools” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at AMC Albany are $29,117.

Full AMC Albany Bioethics/Medical Ethics Report

Notes and References

References

  • The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
  • Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
  • Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
  • Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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