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Medical Ethics

79 Bachelor's Degrees Annually
397 Master's Degrees Annually
#74 in Popularity

Types of Degrees Medical Ethics Majors Are Getting

The following table lists how many bioethics/medical ethics graduations there were for each degree level during the last year for which data was available.

Education Level Number of Grads
Master’s Degree 443
Graduate Certificate 125
Bachelor’s Degree 94
Doctor’s Degree 36
Undergraduate Certificate 13
Basic Certificate 12

Who Is Getting a Bachelor’s Degree in Medical Ethics?

94 Bachelor's Degrees Annually
86% Percent Women
49% Percent Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
This major is dominated by women with about 86% of recent graduates being female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

At the countrywide level, the racial-ethnic distribution of medical ethics majors is as follows:

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Grads
Asian 8
Black or African American 15
Hispanic or Latino 18
White 41
International Students 3
Other Races/Ethnicities 9

Geographic Diversity

Americans aren’t the only ones with an interest in Medical Ethics. About 3.2% of those with this major are international students.

Online Medical Ethics Programs

The following table lists the number of programs by degree level, along with how many schools offered online courses in the field.

Degree Level Colleges Offering Programs Colleges Offering Online Classes
Certificate (Less Than 1 Year) 0 0
Certificate (1-2 years) 2 0
Certificate (2-4 Years) 0 0
Associate’s Degree 0 0
Bachelor’s Degree 30 6
Post-Baccalaureate 0 0
Master’s Degree 36 5
Post-Master’s 4 0
Doctor’s Degree (Research) 6 0
Doctor’s Degree (Professional Practice) 1 0
Doctor’s Degree (Other) 1 1

You may also be interested in one of the following majors related to medical ethics.

Major Number of Grads
Nursing Education 3,850
Medical/Health Humanities 345
Health Professions Education 73
Health Professions Education, Ethics, and Humanities (Other) 59
Arts in Medicine/Health 6
History of Medicine 0

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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