2025 Best Bioethics/Medical Ethics Master's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region

If you plan on getting your master's degree in bioethics/medical ethics, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #45 in the country in terms of popularity. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 11 schools in the Southwest Region to determine which ones were the best for bioethics/medical ethics students pursuing a master's degree. Combined, these schools handed out 495 master's degrees in bioethics/medical ethics to qualified students.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Choosing a Great Bioethics/Medical Ethics School for Your Master's Degree

Your choice of bioethics/medical ethics for getting your master's degree school matters. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. When choosing a school we recommend considering some of the following factors:

Quality Overall Is Important

The overall quality of a master's degree school is important to ensure a good education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To take this into account we consider a school's overall Best Colleges for a Master's Degree ranking which itself looks at a combination of different factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.

Average Earnings

To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving their master's degree from the school. This is because one of the main reasons people pursue their master's degree is to enable themselves to find better-paying positions.

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on bioethics/medical ethics students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of bioethics/medical ethics students who choose to seek a master's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Student Debt - How much debt bioethics/medical ethics students go into to obtain their master's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized bioethics/medical ethics related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for bioethics/medical ethics students working on their master's degree.

More Ways to Rank Bioethics/Medical Ethics Schools

Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Bioethics/Medical Ethics Master's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list, to help you choose the best school for you.

Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Bioethics/Medical Ethics in the Southwest Region

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a master's degree in bioethics/medical ethics.

10 Top Southwest Region Schools for a Master's in Medical Ethics

1

The University of Texas Medical Branch
Galveston, TX

15 Annual Graduates

It is difficult to beat The University of Texas Medical Branch if you want to pursue a master's degree in bioethics/medical ethics. Located in the small city of Galveston, UTMB Galveston is a public university with a small student population.More information about a master’s in bioethics/medical ethics from The University of Texas Medical Branch

2

Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
Lubbock, TX

18 Annual Graduates

It's difficult to beat Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center if you want to pursue a master's degree in bioethics/medical ethics. TTUHSC is a small public university located in the large city of Lubbock.More information about a master’s in bioethics/medical ethics from Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center

3

University of Phoenix - Arizona
Phoenix, AZ

85 Annual Graduates

$106,556 Median Starting Salary

It is hard to beat University of Phoenix - Arizona if you wish to pursue a master's degree in bioethics/medical ethics. Located in the large city of Phoenix, UOPX - Arizona is a private for-profit university with a very large student population.

Master's recipients from the bioethics/medical ethics degree program at University of Phoenix - Arizona make $14,185 above the average college grad in this field when they enter the workforce.

More information about a master’s in bioethics/medical ethics from University of Phoenix - Arizona

4

Texas A&M University - College Station
College Station, TX

14 Annual Graduates

Texas A&M University - College Station is a wonderful choice for students interested in a master's degree in bioethics/medical ethics. Texas A&M College Station is a fairly large public university located in the midsize city of College Station.More information about a master’s in bioethics/medical ethics from Texas A&M University - College Station

5

The University of Texas at Arlington
Arlington, TX

167 Annual Graduates

$97,185 Median Starting Salary

UT Arlington is a fairly large public university located in the large city of Arlington.

Master's recipients from the bioethics/medical ethics degree program at The University of Texas at Arlington make $4,814 more than the typical college graduate with the same degree shortly after graduation.

More information about a master’s in bioethics/medical ethics from The University of Texas at Arlington

6

Texas Woman's University
Denton, TX

38 Annual Graduates

$101,837 Median Starting Salary

TWU is a large public university located in the midsize city of Denton.

Bioethics/Medical Ethics master's degree recipients from Texas Woman's University get an earnings boost of around $9,466 above the average income of bioethics/medical ethics majors.

More information about a master’s in bioethics/medical ethics from Texas Woman’s University

7

The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
Edinburg, TX

18 Annual Graduates

UT Rio Grande Valley is a very large public university located in the city of Edinburg.More information about a master’s in bioethics/medical ethics from The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley

8

The University of Texas at Tyler
Tyler, TX

20 Annual Graduates

$75,886 Median Starting Salary

Located in the midsize city of Tyler, UT Tyler is a public university with a medium-sized student population.

Soon after graduation, medical ethics master's recipients usually make about $75,886 in the first five years of their career.

More information about a master’s in bioethics/medical ethics from The University of Texas at Tyler

9

The University of Texas at El Paso
El Paso, TX

29 Annual Graduates

$95,799 Median Starting Salary

UTEP is a fairly large public university located in the city of El Paso.

Those bioethics/medical ethics students who get their master's degree from The University of Texas at El Paso earn $3,428 more than the typical medical ethics graduate.

More information about a master’s in bioethics/medical ethics from The University of Texas at El Paso

10

Lamar University
Beaumont, TX

22 Annual Graduates

Located in the medium-sized city of Beaumont, Lamar University is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a master’s in bioethics/medical ethics from Lamar University

Best Bioethics/Medical Ethics Colleges by State

Explore the best bioethics/medical ethics schools for a specific state in the Southwest Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Texas	235	321
Arizona	180	149
Oklahoma	153	25

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Bioethics/Medical Ethics Related Rankings by Major

Bioethics/Medical Ethics is one of 34 different types of Health Professions programs to choose from.

Medical Ethics Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
Nursing Education	480
Bioethics/Medical Ethics	14
Medical/Health Humanities	1

Majors Similar to Medical Ethics

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Nursing	5,560
Mental & Social Health Services	2,578
Health & Medical Administrative Services	2,288
Public Health	1,303
Communication Sciences	1,265
Allied Health Professions	1,205
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions	411
Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services	245
Health Sciences & Services	179
Medical Illustration & Informatics	120

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard). More about our data sources and methodologies.