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

Bioethics/Medical Ethicsbachelor's programs are on the lower end of the spectrum in terms of popularity. In fact, the major degree program ranks #232 out of the 363 majors we look at each year. As such, your educational options may be more limited than if you were in a more popular field.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in the Southeast Region to determine which ones were the best for bioethics/medical ethics students pursuing a bachelor's degree. Combined, these schools handed out 71 bachelor's degrees in bioethics/medical ethics to qualified students.

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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 bachelor's degree from the school. This is because one of the main reasons people pursue their bachelor's degree is to enable themselves to find better-paying positions.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to bioethics/medical ethics students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other bioethics/medical ethics students want to attend this school to pursue a bachelor's degree.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Student Debt - How easy is it for bioethics/medical ethics to pay back their student loans after receiving their bachelor's degree.
• 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 bachelor's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

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 Bioethics/Medical Ethics Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list to help you make the college decision.

In addition to College Factual's rankings, you may want to take a look at College Combat, our unique tool that lets you pit your favorite schools head-to-head and compare how they rate on factors that most interest you. When you have some time, check it out - you may want to bookmark the link so you don't forget it.

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

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

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

1

University of Richmond
University of Richmond, VA

39 Annual Graduates

University of Richmond is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a bachelor's degree in bioethics/medical ethics. URichmond is a small private not-for-profit university located in the city of University of Richmond.More information about a bachelor’s in bioethics/medical ethics from University of Richmond

2

Harding University
Searcy, AR

11 Annual Graduates

Harding University is one of the best schools in the country for getting a bachelor's degree in bioethics/medical ethics. Located in the distant town of Searcy, Harding is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population.More information about a bachelor’s in bioethics/medical ethics from Harding University

Best Bioethics/Medical Ethics Colleges by State

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Florida	225	1
Tennessee	220	8
Virginia	213	43

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Rankings in Majors Related to Medical Ethics

One of 34 majors within the Health Professions area of study, Bioethics/Medical Ethics has other similar majors worth exploring.

Medical Ethics Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
Bioethics/Medical Ethics	58
Medical/Health Humanities	13

Majors Similar to Medical Ethics

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Nursing	32,783
Health Sciences & Services	6,250
Public Health	4,877
Health & Medical Administrative Services	3,699
Communication Sciences	2,509
Allied Health Professions	1,667
Other Health Professions	1,105
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science	1,040
Mental & Social Health Services	842
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions	734

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.