by our College Data Analytics TeamThe main focus area for this major is Bioethics/Medical Ethics. For more details on this concentration, visit its profile page.
Bioethics/Medical Ethics is a major offered under the health professions program of study at Duke University. Here, you’ll find out more about the major master’s degree program in medical ethics, including such details as the number of graduates, diversity of students, and more.
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In 2019-2020, the average part-time graduate tuition at Duke was $3,360 per credit hour for both in-state and out-of-state students. The average full-time tuition and fees for graduate students are shown in the table below.
| In State | Out of State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $57,900 | $57,900 |
| Fees | $1,240 | $1,240 |
The median early career salary of medical ethics students who receive their master’s degree from Duke is $78,343 per year. That is 58% higher than the national average of $49,700.
Online degrees for the Duke medical ethics master’s degree program are not available at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the Duke Online Learning page.
Women made up around 75.9% of the medical ethics students who took home a master’s degree in 2019-2020. This is less than the nationwide number of 90.5%.
Racial-ethnic minority graduates* made up 24.1% of the medical ethics master’s degrees at Duke in 2019-2020. This is about the same as the nationwide number of 25%.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 5 |
| Black or African American | 1 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 0 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
| White | 18 |
| International Students | 3 |
| Other Races/Ethnicities | 2 |
Bioethics/Medical Ethics students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
| Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Bioethics/Medical Ethics | 22 |
You may also be interested in one of these majors related to bioethics/medical ethics.
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Allied Health Professions | 179 |
| Public Health | 32 |
| Medical Illustration & Informatics | 73 |
| Nursing | 234 |
*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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