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CIP 51.3201 · CLASSIFICATION 2020

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.

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These institutions reported at least one first-major completion in this field in the connected reporting years ending 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020. This shows historical award activity, not a complete list of available programs or an assurance that a course is accepting applications.

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Sources: NCES CIP 2020 classification and C2023_A.zip, C2024_A.zip, C2025_A.zip, C2020_A.zip, C2021_A.zip, C2022_A.zip, C2024_A.zip.

Connected Bioethics/Medical Ethics award observations

Each row describes one ending year and award level for CIP 51.3201. Institution counts overlap across levels and years. Award counts are historical first-major awards, not unique people, available places, programme quality or a graduation rate.

Year endingAward levelReporting institutionsPositive awards
2025Certificate 1–2 years115
2025Bachelor degree665
2025Postbaccalaureate certificate18119
2025Master degree31449
2025Post-master certificate36
2025Doctorate — research336
2025Doctorate — other12
2025Certificate 12 weeks to under 1 year687
2024Certificate 1–2 years111
2024Bachelor degree463
2024Postbaccalaureate certificate19124
2024Master degree29432
2024Post-master certificate312
2024Doctorate — research438
2024Doctorate — other18
2024Certificate 12 weeks to under 1 year644
2023Certificate 1–2 years213
2023Bachelor degree672
2023Postbaccalaureate certificate16125
2023Master degree31440
2023Doctorate — research435
2023Doctorate — other11
2023Certificate 12 weeks to under 1 year212
2022Certificate 1–2 years15
2022Bachelor degree671
2022Postbaccalaureate certificate14136
2022Master degree32418
2022Post-master certificate111
2022Doctorate — research326
2022Doctorate — other16
2022Certificate 12 weeks to under 1 year317
2021Certificate 1–2 years16
2021Bachelor degree650
2021Postbaccalaureate certificate16143
2021Master degree33401
2021Doctorate — research426
2021Doctorate — other16
2021Certificate 12 weeks to under 1 year12
2020Certificate 1–2 years18
2020Bachelor degree743
2020Postbaccalaureate certificate10105
2020Master degree28397
2020Post-master certificate220
2020Doctorate — research415
2020Doctorate — other12
2020Certificate 12 weeks to under 1 year23

A year ending 2025 describes July 2024–June 2025. Do not add different years to estimate an entering class or current enrolment. Follow an institution's field link below to inspect the exact records.

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CIP 51.3201 is a reporting classification. The official definition above explains its scope, while a university may use a different programme title. Related fields in classification family 51 can involve different curricula and award levels.

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Institutions with reported graduates

61 institutions

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