2025 Best Bioethics/Medical Ethics Schools in Illinois
4Colleges in Illinois
159Medical Ethics Degrees Awarded
$88,062Avg Early-Career Salary
Bioethics/Medical Ethics is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #133 most popular degree program in the country. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 4 schools in Illinois to determine which ones were the best for bioethics/medical ethics students pursuing a degree. Combined, these schools handed out 159 degrees in bioethics/medical ethics to qualified students.
The medical ethics program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Bioethics/Medical Ethics rankings. For our Best Overall Bioethics/Medical Ethics School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Bioethics/Medical Ethics Schools in Illinois list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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Best Schools for Bioethics/Medical Ethics in Illinois
If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the medical ethics degrees they offer, see the list below.
Loyola University Chicago is a wonderful choice for students pursuing a degree in bioethics/medical ethics. Loyola Chicago is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Chicago. A Best Colleges rank of #100 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Loyola Chicago is a great university overall.
There were about 52 bioethics/medical ethics students who graduated with this degree at Loyola Chicago in the most recent year we have data available.
Olivet Nazarene University is a good choice for students interested in a degree in bioethics/medical ethics. Olivet Nazarene is a small private not-for-profit university located in the suburb of Bourbonnais. This university ranks 34th out of 85 colleges for overall quality in the state of Illinois.
There were roughly 13 bioethics/medical ethics students who graduated with this degree at Olivet Nazarene in the most recent data year.
Saint Xavier University is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in bioethics/medical ethics. Located in the large city of Chicago, SXU is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population. A Best Colleges rank of #750 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means SXU is a great university overall.
There were approximately 10 bioethics/medical ethics students who graduated with this degree at SXU in the most recent year we have data available.
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville is a good choice for students pursuing a degree in bioethics/medical ethics. SIUE is a large public university located in the suburb of Edwardsville. This university ranks 31st out of 85 colleges for overall quality in the state of Illinois.
There were about 30 bioethics/medical ethics students who graduated with this degree at SIUE in the most recent year we have data available.
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).