### SUMMARY

 Majoring in Medical Ethics is a valuable choice and ordinarily an essential first step for undergrads planning to pursue a career as a medical ethics consultant, a medical ethics professor, or a medical ethics lawyer. In fact, medical ethics is a ​unique major ranking as the 393rd most popular major. In the last year, there were 43 medical ethics graduates. In-state tuition for medical ethics at private institutions is, on average, Infinity times more pricey than their public fellows.

 With only 9 schools having programs for medical ethics you might have limited options as to the institutions which will have a degree program for you. If you are looking to immerse yourself with other medical ethics undergraduates, look at colleges in Virginia which have more students admitted to medical ethics than any other state. More generally, the top region to major in medical ethics is in the Southeast region with [University of Miami](/colleges/university-of-miami) and [University of Richmond](/colleges/university-of-richmond) best representing the region. Interestingly, our selection for the top conference to major in medical ethics is the Atlantic 10 Conference with [Saint Louis University](/colleges/saint-louis-university) representing the conference. That said, our belief is that the best school for medical ethics is [University of Rochester](/colleges/university-of-rochester). You may also want to check out our list of [best colleges](/rankings/best-colleges).

 The best school might not actually be the best school for you. There can be lots of angels to think about when selecting school. Stuff like campus amenities, transportation services, and food might definitely refashion your feelings of where to go to college. Here at authority.org, we've evaluated the pros and cons for you. If, for example, you want to know which medical ethics school has the top campus, the answer is [University of Rochester](/colleges/university-of-rochester). If, for example, you are very interested in which university is home to the best campus, then we have an entire page [dedicated to that](/rankings/best-college-campuses). We have carefully pored through government databases, professor reviews, student reviews, and more so we can evaluate every major in an unbiased and informative way. You can find our comprehensive list for the colleges with the [best student life](/rankings/best-student-life)&nbsphere and, from that list, our pick for the college with the best student life for medical ethics is [University of Rochester](/colleges/university-of-rochester). Are you curious why? Keep scrolling to learn more about Authority's top choices. Many of our picks just might shock you.

 If price is a significant factor in your decisions, you might be cautious about [University of Rochester](/colleges/university-of-rochester). [University of Rochester](/colleges/university-of-rochester)&nbspis our most expensive school for medical ethics, at least for out of state students. We have a list of the [most expensive](/rankings/most-expensive-colleges)&nbspschools that might put the expense of [University of Rochester](/colleges/university-of-rochester)&nbspinto perspective. Additionally, you may want to know that medical ethics is the 8th most expensive degree in the US, with an average cost of $54,700. On a broader scale, the most expensive state for medical ethics in the country is New York with tuition and fees at the main college, University of Rochester, of $55,040. Even more broadly, the most expensive region for medical ethics is unfortunately unavailable due to missing data.

 Our cheapest region for medical ethics is the Southwest region which is represented by [Houston Baptist University](/colleges/houston-baptist-university) with a cost of $31,400. More optimistically, the most affordable university for medical ethics is [Houston Baptist University](/colleges/houston-baptist-university). Authority.org's comprehensive list of the most affordable colleges can be found [here](/rankings/most-affordable-colleges).

 In-state students can expect to pay around $0 for a degree in medical ethics. The price increases significantly to an average of $0 for an out-of-state public-school student. On that note, our pick for the college constituting the best value for medical ethics: [University of Richmond](/colleges/university-of-richmond). Through this link you can find our comprehensive list for the schools we believe to be the [best value](/rankings/best-value-colleges)&nbspoverall. With that said, this idea is predicated on out-of-state tuition costs. The value proposition changes when in-state tuition is considered, but as we do not know what state(s) you might qualify for in-state tuition, we are approaching this discussion through out-of-state tuition costs.

 Earnings for medical ethics majors vary a lot, but two years after leaving college graduates will often make in the neighborhood of $60,900. There can be a lot of variation in pay; highest paid earners can bring in up to $111,300. Right out of school, the lowest end positions within the medical ethics field earn $34,000, which is an alright wage. The highest earning graduates for medical ethics studied at [University of Richmond](/colleges/university-of-richmond)&nbspand if you want to find the colleges with all of the [highest earning graduates](/rankings/highest-earning-graduates), Authority has that too.

 The general diversity of medical ethics is subpar, falling in the 28th percentile of majors nationally. The college with the most composite diversity for medical ethics is [University of Rochester](/colleges/university-of-rochester)&nbspand here you can find our general list for the colleges which have the [most diversity](/rankings/most-diverse-colleges). The financial diversity of Medical Ethics only sits within the 16th percentile of all majors. Racial diversity is actually above financial diversity, ranking in the 71st percentile. Latino undergraduates compose the largest proportion, 50%, of students studying medical ethics. Additionally, 100% of students seeking a medical ethics major are women.

 We have insufficient professors data for medical ethics to make the conclusions we normally would have made in this sentence. If we incorporate information beyond just rankings it becomes clear that the university possessing the best professors for medical ethics is [University of Rochester](/colleges/university-of-rochester). You can find an explanation of our ever evolving ranking methodology of the [best overall professors here](/rankings/best-professors), along with some of the top professors in the U.S.

 Finally, the hardest college to get into for medical ethics is [University of Richmond](/colleges/university-of-richmond). While we think of this list more as a novelty, we do have a comprehensive page of the [hardest colleges to get into](/rankings/hardest-colleges-to-get-into). That being said, we hope you understand that approaching university from context mainly derived from superlatives might cause issues. We encourage you to look at some of our other pages on different topics and peruse some of our background 'blog posts' on important things to look for as your college search develops.



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2023 Medical Ethics Popularity

There are about 843 students enrolled in Medical Ethics in the USA.