Labouré College of Healthcare

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.