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2022 Best Value Ethics Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid

5 Ranked Colleges
56 Degrees Awarded
$21,600 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Ethics Schools for a Master's For Those Getting Aid

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Ethics Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Ethics is the 901st most popular major in the country with 152 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 56 ethics graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,398 and $43,194 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Ethics Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 5 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in ethics. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great ethics programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the ethics program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Ethics Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for master’s degree ethics students with aid.

Top 5 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Ethics (With Aid)

#1

Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary

Wake Forest, North Carolina
#3 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Ethics Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary landed the #1 spot on the list. Wake Forest, North Carolina is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s ethics degrees to 3 students in 2019-2020.

SEBTS did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Ethics Master’s Degree Schools” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary are $5,830.

Read more about Ethics at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary

#2

University of North Florida

Jacksonville, Florida

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of North Florida. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Ethics Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid list. University of North Florida is a fairly large public school situated in Jacksonville, Florida. It awarded 2 masters’s ethics degrees in 2019-2020.

UNF not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #0 on our “Best Ethics Master’s Degree Schools” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of North Florida are $21,930, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full University of North Florida Ethics Report

#3

University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Charlotte, North Carolina
#4 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Ethics Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of North Carolina at Charlotte landed the #3 spot on the list. University of North Carolina at Charlotte is located in Charlotte, North Carolina and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 5 masters’s ethics degrees to qualified students.

UNC Charlotte did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Ethics Master’s Degree Schools” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of North Carolina at Charlotte are $21,055.

Read full report on Ethics at UNC Charlotte

#4

American University

Washington, District of Columbia
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend American University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Ethics Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid. American University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Washington, District of Columbia. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 20 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

The American University also took the #1 spot in our “Best Ethics Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at The American University are $35,524, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full The American University Ethics Report

#5

Fordham University

Bronx, New York
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Ethics Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Fordham University landed the #5 spot on the list. Fordham U is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Bronx, New York. It awarded 14 masters’s ethics degrees in 2019-2020.

Fordham U did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Ethics Master’s Degree Schools” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Fordham University are $23,846.

Read more about Ethics at Fordham University

Notes and References

References

  • 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%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

  • *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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