2025 Best Bioethics/Medical Ethics Master's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region

If you plan on getting your master's degree in bioethics/medical ethics, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #45 in the country in terms of popularity. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.

College Factual reviewed 5 schools in the Southeast Region to determine which ones were the best for master's degree seekers in the field of bioethics/medical ethics. Combined, these schools handed out 225 master's degrees in bioethics/medical ethics to qualified students.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Choosing a Great Bioethics/Medical Ethics School for Your Master's Degree

Your choice of bioethics/medical ethics for getting your master's degree school matters. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. When choosing a school we recommend considering some of the following factors:

Quality Overall Is Important

The overall quality of a master's degree school is important to ensure a quality education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To account for this we include a college's overall Best Colleges for a Master's Degree ranking which itself looks at a combination of various factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.

Average Earnings

To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving their master's degree from the school. This is because one of the main reasons people pursue their master's degree is to enable themselves to find better-paying positions.

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 bioethics/medical ethics students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of bioethics/medical ethics students who choose to seek a master's degree at the school.
• 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.
• Student Debt - How much debt bioethics/medical ethics students go into to obtain their master's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized bioethics/medical ethics related body.

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

More Ways to Rank Bioethics/Medical Ethics Schools

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Bioethics/Medical Ethics Master's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Bioethics/Medical Ethics in the Southeast Region

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a master's degree in bioethics/medical ethics.

Top Southeast Region Schools for a Master's in Medical Ethics

1

Duke University
Durham, NC

44 Annual Graduates

$77,120 Median Starting Salary

Any student pursuing a degree in a master's degree in bioethics/medical ethics has to look into Duke University. Duke is a large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Durham.

Students who graduate with their master's from the medical ethics program state that they receive average early career earnings of $77,120.

More information about a master’s in bioethics/medical ethics from Duke University

2

Galen College of Nursing - Louisville
Louisville, KY

101 Annual Graduates

Every student who is interested in a master's degree in bioethics/medical ethics needs to take a look at Galen College of Nursing - Louisville. Galen College of Nursing - Louisville is a small private for-profit college located in the city of Louisville.More information about a master’s in bioethics/medical ethics from Galen College of Nursing - Louisville

3

Emory University
Atlanta, GA

10 Annual Graduates

Emory University is a great option for individuals pursuing a master's degree in bioethics/medical ethics. Emory is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Atlanta.More information about a master’s in bioethics/medical ethics from Emory University

4

South University's online programs
Savannah, GA

12 Annual Graduates

$86,993 Median Starting Salary

South University's online programs is a great option for individuals interested in a master's degree in bioethics/medical ethics. Located in the midsize city of Savannah, South University's online programs is a private for-profit university with a moderately-sized student population.

Soon after graduating, medical ethics master's recipients usually make around $86,993 in the first five years of their career.

More information about a master’s in bioethics/medical ethics from South University’s online programs

5

Grantham University
LIttle Rock, AR

14 Annual Graduates

Located in the midsize city of LIttle Rock, Grantham University is a public university with a small student population.More information about a master’s in bioethics/medical ethics from Grantham University

Best Bioethics/Medical Ethics Colleges by State

Explore the best bioethics/medical ethics schools for a specific state in the Southeast Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Florida	208	7
Georgia	190	21
North Carolina	178	26
Tennessee	166	17
Kentucky	147	2
Louisiana	147	0
South Carolina	146	9
Mississippi	145	0
West Virginia	112	1

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Bioethics/Medical Ethics Related Rankings by Major

Bioethics/Medical Ethics is one of 34 different types of Health Professions programs to choose from.

Medical Ethics Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
Nursing Education	177
Bioethics/Medical Ethics	45
Medical/Health Humanities	3

Majors Similar to Medical Ethics

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Nursing	11,667
Public Health	4,250
Allied Health Professions	3,991
Mental & Social Health Services	3,537
Health & Medical Administrative Services	2,953
Communication Sciences	2,178
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions	1,624
Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences	493
Medical Illustration & Informatics	433
Health Sciences & Services	413

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.