A program that focuses on the application of ethics, religion, jurisprudence, and the social sciences to the analysis of health care issues, clinical decisionmaking, 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.
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| Rank | School Name | Students | % of Total | Total On-Campus Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Case Western Reserve University | 49 | 2% | $67,332 |
| 2 | Oregon State University | 36 | 0% | $26,892 |
| 3 | Loyola University Chicago | 34 | 1% | $61,328 |
| 4 | University of Pennsylvania | 34 | 0% | $74,408 |
| 5 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 28 | 0% | $76,856 |
| 6 | Harvard University | 27 | 0% | $71,650 |
| 7 | Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences | 23 | 22% | N/A |
| 8 | Duke University | 22 | 0% | $74,339 |
| 9 | University of Mary | 18 | 2% | $29,290 |
| 10 | Creighton University | 17 | 1% | $54,952 |
| 11 | University of Richmond | 15 | 1% | $67,020 |
| 12 | Temple University | 15 | 0% | $33,004 |
| 13 | Albany Medical College | 14 | 18% | N/A |
| 14 | Clarkson University | 14 | 1% | $68,112 |
| 15 | Trinity International University-Illinois | 12 | 3% | $46,510 |
| 16 | Houston Baptist University | 12 | 2% | $46,340 |
| 17 | Wake Forest University | 11 | 1% | $71,638 |
| 18 | Northeast Ohio Medical University | 10 | 56% | N/A |
| 19 | St. Thomas University | 10 | 2% | $49,276 |
| 20 | University of Rochester | 9 | 0% | $72,721 |
| 21 | Northwestern University | 9 | 0% | $74,649 |
| 22 | Johns Hopkins University | 8 | 0% | $71,901 |
| 23 | Loyola Marymount University | 8 | 0% | $67,369 |
| 24 | Medical College of Wisconsin | 7 | 11% | N/A |
| 25 | Yeshiva University | 6 | 0% | $62,075 |
| 26 | Emory University | 6 | 0% | $69,502 |
| 27 | University of South Dakota | 5 | 0% | $22,856 |
| 28 | Loma Linda University | 5 | 1% | N/A |
| 29 | Drew University | 5 | 1% | $57,230 |
| 30 | Duquesne University | 5 | 0% | $54,364 |
| 31 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 4 | 0% | $27,476 |
| 32 | Saint Louis University | 4 | 0% | $61,018 |
| 33 | Purdue University Fort Wayne | 2 | 0% | $22,200 |
| 34 | Indiana University-Purdue University-Indianapolis | 1 | 0% | $22,537 |
| 35 | Washington State University | 1 | 0% | $27,484 |
| 36 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 1 | 0% | $27,367 |
This list indicates the number of students that completed the Bioethics/Medical Ethics program at the schools above.
It is not necessarily an indicator of academic rigor or quality of education.
Note that some schools do not have enough data to be ranked, and these schools will not appear in our lists.