by our College Data Analytics TeamBioethics/Medical Ethics is a concentration offered under the bioethics/medical ethics major at Columbia University in the City of New York. We’ve pulled together some essential information you should know about the master’s degree program in medical ethics, including how many students graduate each year, the ethnic diversity of these students, whether or not the degree is offered online, and more.
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During the 2019-2020 academic year, part-time graduate students at Columbia paid an average of $0 per credit hour. No discount was available for in-state students. Information about average full-time graduate student tuition and fees is shown in the table below.
| In State | Out of State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $49,024 | $49,024 |
| Fees | $2,170 | $2,170 |
Looking for online learning options? Good news, you can take online classes in the medical ethics master’s degree program at Columbia. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the Columbia Online Learning page.
Women made up around 78.1% of the medical ethics students who took home a master’s degree in 2019-2020. This is higher than the nationwide number of 69.8%.
Of those graduates who received a master’s degree in medical ethics at Columbia in 2019-2020, 31.3% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is about the same as the nationwide number of 32%.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 5 |
| Black or African American | 3 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 2 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
| White | 16 |
| International Students | 5 |
| Other Races/Ethnicities | 1 |
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| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Medical/Health Humanities | 25 |
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*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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