College History

Nursing education has been offered at Mount Carmel since the diploma program was established in 1903. The diploma nursing program graduated more than 4,500 nurses and established a tradition of excellence in nursing education.

In 1985, forward thinking administrators and faculty began the move from a hospital diploma nursing program to a college offering a Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN). Mount Carmel College of Nursing was formally established in 1988. The first class of students was enrolled in Fall Semester 1990.

A special track for registered nurses who wish to earn a BSN was added to the nursing program in 1996, and the Online RN-BSN Program started in Fall 2011. A Master of Science (MS) degree was initiated in Fall 2003, and a 13-month Second Degree Accelerated Program followed in Spring 2007. In Fall 2009, a satellite location for the BSN Program was launched on the campus of Fairfield Medical Center in Lancaster, Ohio. The Clinical Skills and Simulation Center was opened Fall 2012. An online post-master’s Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) program enrolled its first students in Fall 2015.