Bioethics/Medical Ethics at Baylor University

What traits are you looking for in a medical ethics school? To help you decide if Baylor University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's medical ethics program.

Baylor is located in Waco, Texas and approximately 19,297 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 43 medical ethics majors received their bachelor's degree from Baylor.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Bioethics/Medical Ethics section at the bottom of this page.

Baylor Bioethics/Medical Ethics Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Medical Ethics

Baylor Bioethics/Medical Ethics Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the medical ethics progam at Baylor compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The medical ethics major at Baylor is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Bioethics/Medical Ethics. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Popular Bioethics/Medical Ethics Schools	4
Best Value Bioethics/Medical Ethics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	7
	8
Best Bioethics/Medical Ethics Schools	47
	53
Best Value Bioethics/Medical Ethics Schools	55

Medical Ethics Student Demographics at Baylor

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the medical ethics majors at Baylor University.

Baylor Bioethics/Medical Ethics Bachelor’s Program

Of the 43 medical ethics students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from Baylor, about 16% were men and 84% were women. The typical medical ethics bachelor's degree program is made up of only 10% men. So male students are more repesented at Baylor since its program graduates 6% more men than average.

About 51% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in medical ethics at Baylor are white. This is below average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 16% more racial-ethnic minorities in its medical ethics bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Baylor University with a bachelor's in medical ethics.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	8
White	22
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

Baylor also has a doctoral program available in medical ethics. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Concentrations Within Bioethics/Medical Ethics

If you plan to be a medical ethics major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Baylor University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Medical/Health Humanities	43

Related Majors

• Allied Health Professions
• Health & Medical Administrative Services
• Public Health
• Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions
• Health/Medical Prep Programs

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Kairos14 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.