2023 Best Bioethics/Medical Ethics Colleges for Veterans in the Southwest Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for veterans. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Medical Ethics” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Bioethics/Medical Ethics is the 574th most popular major in the country with 663 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across the Southwest region, there were 23 bioethics/medical ethics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Medical Ethics” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in bioethics/medical ethics. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality bioethics/medical ethics programs as well as strong veteran support.

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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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Medical Ethics” list to help you make the college decision.

You can create your own custom comparison that focuses on the factors most important to you using our tool, College Combat. When you have some time, check it out - you may want to bookmark the link so you don’t forget it.

Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Medical Ethics

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region vets studying medical ethics.

Top 2 Best Bioethics/Medical Ethics Colleges for Veterans in the Southwest Region

1

Houston Baptist University
Houston, Texas

176 GI Bill® Students**

$12,106 Average GI Bill® Award

$51,555 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Houston Baptist University. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Medical Ethics. Houston Baptist University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Houston, Texas. It awarded 16 ’s medical ethics degrees in 2020-2021.

HBU also made our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” list, coming in at #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS].Among the 3,963 students enrolled at Houston Baptist University, 176 are 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. In addition to receiving other benefits, 19 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.

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The University of Texas Medical Branch
Galveston, Texas

73 GI Bill® Students**

$10,099 Average GI Bill® Award

$77,627 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Texas Medical Branch. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Medical Ethics list. Located in Galveston, Texas, this small public school handed out 4 degrees to qualified ’s medical ethics students in 2020-2021.

UTMB Galveston also made our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” list, coming in at #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS].Of the 3,458 students enrolled at The University of Texas Medical Branch, 73 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 45 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $10,099. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.

Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. 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%.

Full UTMB Galveston Veteran Student Life Report

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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

Footnotes

• *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.