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2026 Best Value Bioethics/Medical Ethics Schools in Virginia

[Bioethics/Medical Ethics](/majors/health-care-professions/bioethics-medical-ethics/) degree programs vary widely in price and payoff across the country. A high-value program keeps cost low while graduates go on to earn well.

College Factual analyzed 7 schools to build this 2026 ranking of the best value bioethics/medical ethics schools.

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• Best Value Bioethics/Medical Ethics Schools in Virginia

2026 Best Value Bioethics/Medical Ethics Schools in Virginia

If you want to know which schools deliver the best value for the bioethics/medical ethics degrees they offer, see the list below.

Best Value Bioethics/Medical Ethics Schools

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Liberty University
Lynchburg, VA

$16,173 In-State Tuition & Fees

$27,414 Avg Student Debt

$44,813 Median Earnings (10yr)

Liberty University tops our 2026 list of the best value bioethics/medical ethics schools in Virginia. Located in the city of Lynchburg, Liberty University is a very large private not-for-profit university. Expect in-state tuition and fees of around $16,173. Bioethics/medical Ethics graduates carry a median of $27,414 in student loans. Early-career bioethics/medical ethics graduates make about $45,877. Weighed against typical debt, the earnings make a compelling case for value. Liberty University admits about 99% of applicants.

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University Of Richmond
University of Richmond, VA

$65,230 In-State Tuition & Fees

$19,000 Avg Student Debt

$76,178 Median Earnings (10yr)

The strong cost-to-outcome balance at University Of Richmond earned it the #2 place for bioethics/medical ethics. Located in the city of University of Richmond, University Of Richmond is a mid-sized private not-for-profit university. The average in-state cost of tuition and fees is $65,230. Students borrow a median of $19,000 to complete the bioethics/medical ethics program here. Early-career bioethics/medical ethics graduates make about $53,815. That is a strong return on a $19,000 median debt. The acceptance rate is 22%.

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Notes and References

This list is compiled by College Factual (MF_RANKING_2025), 2026 edition. Schools are scored on the balance of cost (tuition and student debt) against student outcomes (post-graduation earnings) — a measure of return on investment, drawn primarily from the U.S. Department of Education (IPEDS and College Scorecard).

Ranking method: College Major Best Value · 7 schools evaluated.

*Averages shown above reflect the top 1 ranked schools only.

• 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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.