2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Bioethics/Medical Ethics
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Bioethics/Medical Ethics is the 278th most popular major in the country with 4,219 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, bioethics/medical ethics graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $49,700 and had an average of $56,912 in loans still to pay off.
At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 277 bioethics/medical ethics graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,303 and $24,501 respectively.
This year’s “Best Value Medical Ethics Schools for a Bachelor’s” ranking looked at 9 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in bioethics/medical ethics. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great bioethics/medical ethics programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the bioethics/medical ethics program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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Best Value Medical Ethics Schools for a Bachelor’s
The colleges and universities below are the best for bachelor’s degree medical ethics students.
Top 9 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Bioethics/Medical Ethics
Out of the 9 schools in the Best Value Medical Ethics Schools 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. This large school is located in San Antonio, Texas, and it awarded 140 bachelors’s medical ethics degrees in 2019-2020.
UTSA not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #7 on our “Best Bioethics/Medical Ethics Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. It costs about $13,853 for Bachelor’s Degree Medical Ethics students per year to attend The University of Texas at San Antonio.
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Out of the 9 schools in the Best Value Medical Ethics Schools for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Hiram College landed the #2 spot on the list. This small school is located in Hiram, Ohio, and it awarded 6 bachelors’s medical ethics degrees in 2019-2020.
Hiram not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #9 on our “Best Bioethics/Medical Ethics Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The estimated yearly cost for Hiram is $21,294 for bachelor’s degree medical ethics students.
Out of the 9 schools in the Best Value Medical Ethics Schools for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Houston Baptist University landed the #3 spot on the list. Houston, Texas is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s medical ethics degrees to 18 students in 2019-2020.
HBU also took the #8 spot in our “Best Bioethics/Medical Ethics Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for HBU is $19,962 for bachelor’s degree medical ethics students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Misericordia University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Medical Ethics Schools for a Bachelor’s. Misericordia University is located in Dallas, Pennsylvania and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 6 bachelors’s medical ethics degrees to qualified students.
Misericordia University not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #6 on our “Best Bioethics/Medical Ethics Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The estimated yearly cost for Misericordia University is $25,510 for Bachelor’s Degree Medical Ethics students.
The student loan default rate at the school is 4.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Saint Louis University. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Medical Ethics Schools for a Bachelor’s. This fairly large school is located in Saint Louis, Missouri, and it awarded 6 bachelors’s medical ethics degrees in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our bachelor’s degree medical ethics students list, SLU has also earned the #5 rank in our “Best Bioethics/Medical Ethics Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $28,188 for bachelor’s degree medical ethics students per year to attend SLU.
The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. With a freshman retention rate of 90%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The student loan default rate at the school is 2.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Baylor University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Medical Ethics Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking, coming in at #6. Baylor is a private not-for-profit institution located in Waco, Texas. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 52 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.
Baylor not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Bioethics/Medical Ethics Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The yearly cost to attend Baylor is $36,039 for bachelor’s degree medical ethics students.
The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 91%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.
University of Richmond came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Medical Ethics Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking. This small school is located in University of Richmond, Virginia, and it awarded 25 bachelors’s medical ethics degrees in 2019-2020.
URichmond also made our “Best Bioethics/Medical Ethics Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #1. The yearly cost to attend University of Richmond is $25,838 for Bachelor’s Degree Medical Ethics students.
The low student loan default rate of 1.2% 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%. The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%.
University of Miami came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Medical Ethics Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking. Coral Gables, Florida is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s medical ethics degrees to 3 students in 2019-2020.
U Miami not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Bioethics/Medical Ethics Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The yearly cost to attend U Miami is $46,949 for bachelor’s degree medical ethics students.
With a freshman retention rate of 91%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The low student loan default rate of 2.2% 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%.
University of Rochester did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Medical Ethics Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking, coming in at #9. University of Rochester is located in Rochester, New York and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 6 bachelors’s medical ethics degrees to qualified students.
University of Rochester also made our “Best Bioethics/Medical Ethics Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #2. The estimated yearly cost for University of Rochester is $29,522 for bachelor’s degree medical ethics students.
The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 92%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low student loan default rate of 1.6% 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%.
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- 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).
- 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%.
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- *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
- 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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