Bioethics Medical Ethics

A program that focuses on the application of ethics, religion, jurisprudence, and the social sciences to the analysis of health care issues, clinical decision making, and research procedures. Includes instruction in philosophical ethics, moral value, medical sociology, theology, spirituality and health, policy analysis, decision theory, and applications to problems such as death and dying, therapeutic relationships, organ transplantation, human and animal subjects, reproduction and fertility, health care justice, cultural sensitivity, needs assessment, professionalism, conflict of interest, chaplaincy, and clinical or emergency procedures.

Degree Statistics

This program is offered at 47 institutions across the United States, with a total of 2181 degrees awarded annually.

Certificates Below Bachelor's

25

certificates awarded

Bachelor's Degrees

94

degrees awarded

Post-Baccalaureate Certificates

125

certificates awarded

Master's Degrees

443

degrees awarded

Doctoral Degrees

35

degrees awarded

Other Awards

1,459

awards given

Top Schools for Bioethics Medical Ethics

These institutions offer the most degrees in this program, ranked by total annual completions.

Rank Institution Degrees
1 Harvard University
Cambridge, MA
183
2 Loyola University Chicago
Chicago, IL
153
3 Oregon State University
Corvallis, OR
150
4 Temple University
Philadelphia, PA
126
5 Columbia University in the City of New York
New York, NY
120
6 University of Richmond
University of Richmond, VA
117
7 Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland, OH
108
8 University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA
75
9 Ohio State University-Main Campus
Columbus, OH
72
10 Rhodes College
Memphis, TN
69
11 Duke University
Durham, NC
69
12 Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Bronx, NY
63
13 Houston Christian University
Houston, TX
63
14 Clarkson University
Potsdam, NY
60
15 Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, MD
57
16 Saint Louis University
Saint Louis, MO
54
17 Kansas City University
Kansas City, MO
51
18 Trinity International University-Illinois
Deerfield, IL
42
19 Duquesne University
Pittsburgh, PA
42
20 The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
Edinburg, TX
42
21 University of Cincinnati-Main Campus
Cincinnati, OH
36
22 Idaho State University
Pocatello, ID
32
23 Emory University
Atlanta, GA
30
24 Creighton University
Omaha, NE
30
25 Northeast Ohio Medical University
Rootstown, OH
30
26 University of South Dakota
Vermillion, SD
27
27 Wake Forest University
Winston-Salem, NC
24
28 Albany Medical College
Albany, NY
24
29 Northwestern University
Evanston, IL
24
30 St. Thomas University
Miami Gardens, FL
21
31 Augusta University
Augusta, GA
18
32 University of Mary
Bismarck, ND
18
33 University of Rochester
Rochester, NY
18
34 Loma Linda University
Loma Linda, CA
18
35 Juniata College
Huntingdon, PA
16
36 Georgetown University
Washington, DC
15
37 Loyola Marymount University
Los Angeles, CA
15
38 Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine
Erie, PA
15
39 University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus
Pittsburgh, PA
9
40 University of Miami
Coral Gables, FL
9
41 The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston
Galveston, TX
9
42 Medical College of Wisconsin
Milwaukee, WI
9
43 University of Massachusetts-Amherst
Amherst, MA
6
44 Concordia University-Wisconsin
Mequon, WI
3
45 Roosevelt University
Chicago, IL
3
46 Fordham University
Bronx, NY
3
47 University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
Minneapolis, MN
3