Bioethics/Medical Ethics at Northwestern University

If you are interested in studying bioethics/medical ethics, you may want to check out the program at Northwestern University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Northwestern is located in Evanston, Illinois and approximately 22,603 students attend the school each year.

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.

Northwestern Bioethics/Medical Ethics Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Medical Ethics

Northwestern Bioethics/Medical Ethics Rankings

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Medical Ethics Student Demographics at Northwestern

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

Northwestern Bioethics/Medical Ethics Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 67% of medical ethics master's degrees went to men and 33% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 31% men graduate in medical ethics each year. Northwestern does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 36% more men than average.

Of the students who received a medical ethics master's degree from Northwestern, 67% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	4
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Related Majors

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 Madcoverboy at en.wikipedia under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.