Labouré College of Healthcare

About Labouré College of Healthcare

Labouré remains, as of August 20, 2026, a separately recognized, degree-granting higher-education institution. The New England Commission of Higher Education lists it as a member institution authorized at the associate and bachelor’s levels. Labouré also identifies itself as a private, nonprofit organization. Its healthcare-only focus distinguishes the institution from a comprehensive college: the final 2025–2026 catalog centers on nursing, allied-health disciplines, healthcare administration, and short professional certificates. The institution traces its history to the Carney Hospital Training School for Nurses, opened in South Boston in 1892 by the Daughters of Charity. Three nursing schools were combined in 1951 as the Catherine Labouré School of Nursing. The institution later developed collegiate degree programs and adopted the name Labouré College of Healthcare in 2021. Its present status is the decisive consideration. Labouré’s board voted to cease academic operations effective August 31, 2026. The college’s current admissions page says that applications are no longer being accepted. The campus is scheduled to close on August 26, after which Curry College will maintain records for Labouré’s academic programs, apart from limited program-specific completion arrangements described in closure communications. Labouré’s nursing programs and students requiring additional study are being transitioned to Curry College under the announced agreement. Consequently, this profile documents an institution completing an orderly closure, not an enrollment opportunity for prospective students.

Labouré College of Healthcare is no longer accepting applications. Its official admissions page states that the college will close on August 31, 2026, and directs nursing applicants toward Curry College, where applications for the Associate of Science in Nursing and LPN-to-RN pathways are open. Prospective students should not use Labouré’s archived deadlines or admission procedures as a current application route. The final 2025–2026 catalog described Labouré’s former process as rolling admission, with entry points in spring, summer, and fall, subject to program availability. General requirements included an application and fee, evidence of high-school completion or an approved equivalency, applicable college transcripts, and any required professional credentials. Applicants educated outside the United States were instructed to submit translated and evaluated academic documents. Programs could add science prerequisites, technical standards, licensing documentation, or other requirements. Those provisions describe the last operating catalog and are retained only as historical or transition context; they do not override the current no-applications notice. Students already admitted or enrolled should work through the closure arrangements applicable to their program. Nursing students continuing beyond August 2026 have been directed into the Curry transition, while students in programs scheduled for summer completion were expected to finish under Labouré. Because responsibilities differ by cohort and program, students should obtain written confirmation of their status, remaining requirements, transfer treatment, and records arrangements from the institutions involved.

Labouré’s final 2025–2026 catalog lists a concentrated portfolio of healthcare programs. Associate-level options comprised Health Science, Nursing, an LPN-to-RN advanced-placement route, Radiation Therapy, and Respiratory Care. Bachelor of Science programs were offered in Healthcare Administration and RN-to-BSN Nursing. Certificate offerings included EKG, phlebotomy, intraoperative neuromonitoring, and neurodiagnostic technology. Labouré did not list master’s or doctoral programs. The curriculum combined arts and sciences with discipline-specific professional education. Several clinical programs included clinical education or professional-practice requirements, and the catalog required students in affected courses to complete background checks and health-compliance documentation. Program standards varied: nursing and allied-health students were subject to their division handbooks, course-sequencing rules, clinical-site requirements, and progression thresholds. These details matter particularly for students completing their programs during the closure because requirements cannot safely be generalized across disciplines. Academic offerings must now be understood through the transition plan. Students in Health Science, Neurodiagnostic Technology, Intraoperative Neuromonitoring, Healthcare Administration, and other programs who could finish before closure were expected to graduate from Labouré during summer 2026. Associate-degree nursing students needing study beyond the closure were told that their courses would move to Curry College beginning in fall 2026. The former Labouré curriculum should not be treated as a list of programs currently open to new applicants; anyone seeking a nursing pathway should review Curry College’s current program and admissions materials directly.

Key Highlights

• Operating only through August 31, 2026, when all academic operations are scheduled to cease
• No longer accepting applications
• Private, nonprofit institution with roots dating to 1892
• Institutionally accredited by the New England Commission of Higher Education during the closure period

Student Life & Environment

Labouré’s student experience was designed largely around healthcare learners balancing education with work and family responsibilities. The Student Success Center served both campus-based and distance students, providing academic advising, basic-skills support, course-specific tutoring, virtual tutoring, career counseling, and short-term personal counseling. Support could be accessed in person, by telephone, online, or through scheduled appointments. The final catalog also referenced student organizations, campus ministry, access and accommodation services, and a nursing orientation known as PASS. Because many programs involved clinical placements, student responsibilities extended beyond the classroom. Learners in clinical or professional-practice courses could be required to satisfy immunization, health-documentation, background-check, drug-testing, or site-specific clearance rules. Inability to meet a clinical partner’s requirements could affect placement and continued enrollment. This is now a closure environment rather than a conventional campus-life setting. The Milton campus is scheduled to close on August 26, 2026, and services are being wound down or transferred. Curry College is expected to maintain academic records after the campus closure, while some Labouré financial support remains available for a limited transition period. Current students should rely on direct closure notices and program communications rather than older catalog descriptions when deciding where to obtain advising, records, or other services.

Location & Surroundings

Labouré’s campus is at 303 Adams Street in Milton, Massachusetts, between East Milton Square and the Lower Mills area of Dorchester. The location places it just south of Boston in a suburban municipality while retaining access to the city. The college’s directions page reports free on-campus parking and identifies the historic Mansion building as the location of its principal offices. For public transportation, the college directs travelers to the MBTA Ashmont–Mattapan trolley. From Milton station, the campus is approximately a 15-minute walk uphill along Adams Street. Drivers can approach the area from Interstate 93 and local roads connecting Milton, Quincy, and Boston. These location details have a short remaining useful life. An official student announcement says that the Labouré campus will close on August 26, 2026, five days before academic operations cease. Continuing nursing students were told that their fall courses would move to Curry College’s Milton campus, which is a different location. Applicants exploring the successor nursing programs should therefore use Curry College’s directions and campus information rather than plan around the Adams Street site.

Costs & Career Outcomes

The latest complete Labouré price schedule located for this review is the 2025–2026 catalog, not a current offer for new enrollment. It charged tuition by credit and by program: $384 per credit for RN-to-BSN and Healthcare Administration courses; $1,051 per credit for professional courses in Nursing, Radiation Therapy, Respiratory Care, and Intraoperative Neuromonitoring; $692 per credit for professional Health Science courses; and $487 per credit for associate-level arts and sciences or Neurodiagnostic Technology courses. Additional charges included registration, technology, clinical-program, laboratory, graduation, and other fees. Books and supplies were estimated at $500 to $1,300 annually. These dated figures should not be used to estimate a new Labouré degree because the college accepts no new applications and is closing. Labouré’s February 2026 transition announcement said that tuition and fees for Labouré nursing students transferring to Curry would remain at the same 2026–2027 rates, but the reviewed source did not provide the complete rate table. Affected students should request a written cost-of-attendance and aid calculation from Curry, including how transferred credits, institutional aid, federal aid, and remaining program length apply. Career preparation was embedded in occupation-specific coursework, clinical education, and professional-practice experiences, with career counseling available through the Student Success Center. No current, sufficiently supported salary or employer-placement figures were found, so none are presented. Students comparing successor programs should examine professional accreditation, licensure eligibility, clinical-placement arrangements, completion time, and total remaining cost rather than rely on Labouré’s historical admission or tuition statistics.