Ethics degree programs are on the lower end of the spectrum in terms of popularity. In fact, the major ranks #934 out of the 1506 majors we look at each year. While this may limit the number of schools that offer the degree program, there are still top-quality ones to be found.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 3 schools in the United States to determine which ones were the best for ethics students pursuing a degree. Combined, these schools handed out 182 degrees in ethics to qualified students.
Your choice of ethics school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. For our Best Overall Ethics School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
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 Ethics Schools list to help you make the college decision.
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The schools below may not offer all types of ethics degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
It is hard to beat University of Washington - Seattle Campus if you wish to pursue a degree in ethics. Located in the large city of Seattle, UW Seattle is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #44 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means UW Seattle is a great university overall.
There were roughly 8 ethics students who graduated with this degree at UW Seattle in the most recent year we have data available.
Every student who is interested in ethics needs to check out Fordham University. Located in the large city of Bronx, Fordham U is a private not-for-profit university with a large student population. This university ranks 7th out of 136 colleges for overall quality in the state of New York.
There were about 10 ethics students who graduated with this degree at Fordham U in the most recent year we have data available.
It is hard to beat University of Washington - Bothell Campus if you wish to pursue a degree in ethics. UW Bothell is a medium-sized public university located in the suburb of Bothell. This university ranks 50th out of 50 schools for overall quality in the state of Washington.
There were approximately 64 ethics students who graduated with this degree at UW Bothell 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).
Your choice of ethics school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. For our Best Overall Ethics School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
