2023 Best Bioethics/Medical Ethics Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Southwest Region
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Ranked Colleges
218
Degrees Awarded
$31,000
Avg Cost*
With all of the options veterans have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Medical Ethics for a Bachelor’s” ranking.
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 Southwest region, there were 741 bioethics/medical ethics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 218 bioethics/medical ethics graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,112 and $26,227 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Medical Ethics for a Bachelor’s” ranking, we looked at 3 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.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the bioethics/medical ethics program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Medical Ethics for a Bachelor’s
The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region bachelor’s degree vets studying medical ethics.
Top 3 Best Bioethics/Medical Ethics Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Southwest Region
Out of the 3 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Medical Ethics for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Texas at San Antonio landed the #1 spot on the list. San Antonio, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s medical ethics degrees to 158 students in 2020-2021.
UTSA did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Bioethics/Medical Ethics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list.Among the 34,742 students enrolled at UTSA, 3,565 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 1,847 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $7,531. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
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%.
[Read full report on veteran student life at UTSA]](/colleges/the-university-of-texas-at-san-antonio/student-life/veterans/)
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Houston Baptist University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Medical Ethics for a Bachelor’s list. Located in Houston, Texas, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 16 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s medical ethics students in 2020-2021.
HBU also took the #3 spot in our “Best Bioethics/Medical Ethics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 176 of the 3,963 students enrolled at HBU were GI Bill® students, of which 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 qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
Full Houston Baptist University Veteran Student Life Report
Out of the 3 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Medical Ethics for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Baylor University landed the #3 spot on the list. Waco, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s medical ethics degrees to 43 students in 2020-2021.
Baylor also made our “Best Bioethics/Medical Ethics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #1.Our most recent data shows that 876 of the 19,297 students enrolled at Baylor were GI Bill® students, of which 593 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $17,744. In addition to receiving other benefits, 263 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Baylor offers credit for military training for eligible students.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 91%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Baylor University]](/colleges/baylor-university/student-life/veterans/)
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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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