2023 Most Veteran Friendly for Medical Ethics for a Bachelor’s
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
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It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for veterans. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Veteran Friendly for Medical Ethics for a Bachelor’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Bioethics/Medical Ethics is the 574th most popular major in the country with 663 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 79 bioethics/medical ethics graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,682 and $26,217 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Veteran Friendly for Medical Ethics for a Bachelor’s” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in bioethics/medical ethics. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent bioethics/medical ethics programs, but they also offer a lot of support to veterans and active service members.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as veteran satisfaction, veteran affordability, and overall quality of the bioethics/medical ethics program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Most Veteran Friendly for Medical Ethics for a Bachelor’s
The colleges and universities below are the best for bachelor’s degree vets studying medical ethics.
Top 4 Best Bioethics/Medical Ethics Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Saint Louis University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly for Medical Ethics for a Bachelor’s list. This fairly large school is located in Saint Louis, Missouri, and it awarded 5 bachelors’s medical ethics degrees in 2020-2021.
SLU also made our “Best Bioethics/Medical Ethics Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #3.Among the 12,229 students enrolled at Saint Louis University, 5 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 1 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $25,162. To help with additional expenses, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 90%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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Out of the 4 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly for Medical Ethics for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Rochester landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Rochester, New York, this fairly large private not-for-profit school handed out 3 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s medical ethics students in 2020-2021.
University of Rochester not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Bioethics/Medical Ethics Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list.According to our most recent data, University of Rochester supports 11,741 students, and 7 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 3 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $14,872. During this same period, 1 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 92%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Houston Baptist University. The school came in at #3 for the Most Veteran Friendly for Medical Ethics for a Bachelor’s. This small school is located in Houston, Texas, and it awarded 16 bachelors’s medical ethics degrees in 2020-2021.
HBU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Bioethics/Medical Ethics Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list.Of the 3,963 students enrolled at Houston Baptist University, 176 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 111 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $12,106. On top of their other funding sources, 19 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Richmond. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly for Medical Ethics for a Bachelor’s list. URichmond is a small private not-for-profit school situated in University of Richmond, Virginia. It awarded 43 bachelors’s medical ethics degrees in 2020-2021.
URichmond did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Bioethics/Medical Ethics Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list.Among the 4,056 students enrolled at University of Richmond, 51 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 19 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $5,556. During this same period, 15 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. University of Richmond offers credit for military training for eligible students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%.
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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).
- Veteran-specific data can be found at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
- 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
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
- **GI Bill® student total includes all chapters of the GI Bill® program (e.g., Post-9/11, Montgomery GI Bill, Reserve Education Assistance Program, and Veteran Readiness and Employment)
- 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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