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Ethics at American University

Ethics at American University

If you are interested in studying ethics, you may want to check out the program at American University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

The American University is located in Washington, District of Columbia and has a total student population of 14,001.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Ethics section at the bottom of this page.

The American University Ethics Degrees Available

  • Master’s Degree in Ethics

The American University Ethics Rankings

Ethics Student Demographics at The American University

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the ethics majors at American University.

The American University Ethics Master’s Program

79% Women
41% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 21% of ethics master's degrees went to men and 79% went to women.

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Of the students who received a ethics master's degree from The American University, 59% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level. In the ethics master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 41% of degree recipients. That is 1% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from American University with a master's in ethics.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 3
Hispanic or Latino 9
White 20
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 2

Careers That Ethics Grads May Go Into

A degree in ethics can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for DC, the home state for American University.

Occupation Jobs in DC Average Salary in DC
Philosophy and Religion Professors 530 $84,880

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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