2023 Most Well Attended Medical Ethics Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Doctorate

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In 2020-2021, 5,115 people earned their degree in bioethics/medical ethics, making the major the 133rd most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, bioethics/medical ethics graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $27,334 and had an average of $18,277 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 603 bioethics/medical ethics graduates with average earnings and debt of $24,026 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 10 bioethics/medical ethics graduates with average earnings and debt of $74,305 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Most Well Attended Medical Ethics Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Doctorate” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in bioethics/medical ethics. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in bioethics/medical ethics.

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Most Well Attended Medical Ethics Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Doctorate

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

Top 2 Most Popular Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Bioethics/Medical Ethics in the Great Lakes Region

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Loyola University Chicago
Chicago, Illinois

#25 overall quality in Great Lakes

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Well Attended Medical Ethics Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, Loyola University Chicago landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Chicago, Illinois, this fairly large private not-for-profit school handed out 10 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s medical ethics students in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

Full Loyola University Chicago Bioethics/Medical Ethics Report

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Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland, Ohio

#12 overall quality in Great Lakes

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Well Attended Medical Ethics Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, Case Western Reserve University landed the #2 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Cleveland, Ohio, and it awarded 42 doctorate’s medical ethics degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Bioethics/Medical Ethics at Case Western

• Most Popular Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Bioethics/Medical Ethics

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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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.