2024 Best Ethics Master's Degree Schools

Ethics isn't the most popular master's program in the world, but it's not the least popular either. To be more precise it ranks #680 in popularity out of 1172 majors in the country. So, you may have to do some digging around to find quality schools that offer the degree program. This list can help with that.

In 2024, College Factual analyzed 2 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Ethics Master's Degree Schools ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 44 master's degrees in ethics to qualified students.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

• Best Master’s Degree Schools List

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on ethics students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other ethics students want to attend this school to pursue a master's degree.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized ethics related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for ethics students working on their master's degree.

More Ways to Rank Ethics Schools

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 Best Ethics Master's Degree Schools list to help you make the college decision.

Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Ethics in the United States

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a master's degree in ethics.

Top Schools for a Master's in Ethics

1

American University
Washington, DC

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

21 Annual Graduates

Every student pursuing a degree in a master's degree in ethics has to look into American University. Located in the large city of Washington, The American University is a private not-for-profit university with a large student population.More information about a master’s in ethics from American University

2

Fordham University
Bronx, NY

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

8 Annual Graduates

Fordham University is a wonderful option for students pursuing a master's degree in ethics. Fordham U is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Bronx.More information about a master’s in ethics from Fordham University

Ethics by Region

View the Best Ethics Master's Degree Schools for a specific region near you.

Region
Southeast
New England
Rocky Mountains
Plains States
Middle Atlantic
Far Western US
Southwest
Other U.S. Territories
Great Lakes

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Rankings in Majors Related to Ethics

Ethics is one of 4 different types of Philosophy programs to choose from.

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Philosophy	702
Applied & Professional Ethics	31
Logic	7
Other Philosophy	5

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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 the rest 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.