Labouré College of Healthcare was a private college specializing in nursing and healthcare education and located in Milton, Massachusetts. Founded in 1892, by the Daughters of Charity, it was the longest-running nursing education program in the Boston area. The college offered online and on-campus certificate, associate, and bachelor's degree programs. In 2013, the campus moved from Dorchester to Milton, Massachusetts.Sweeney, Emily, "Laboure College Is Leaving Dorchester for Milton". The Boston Globe, August 25, 2012."Laboure College Buys, Renovates Milton Campus with $9 Million MassDevelopment Bond". Labouré College press release. August 10, 2013. In February 2026, it was announced that Labouré was closing effective August 31, 2026 and that its nursing programs had been acquired by Curry College.Boston Business Journal:News: February 12, 2026:Curry College acquires Laboure Nursing Programs
History Labouré was founded in 1892 as the Carney Hospital Training School for Nurses in South Boston. In 1949, the school merged with two other nursing schools run by the Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul: the St. John's School of Nursing in Lowell, Massachusetts and the St. Margaret's School of Nursing in Dorchester. They formed the Catherine Labouré School of Nursing, named for St. Catherine Labouré, in 1950. The new school opened in 1951 and moved to the site of the new Carney Hospital in Dorchester in 1954. In 1971, it was authorized to award degrees in Massachusetts and changed its name to the Catherine Labouré Junior College. Its name changed again in 1984 to Catherine Labouré College and in 1993 to simply Labouré College. In 1997, the college became part of the Caritas Christi Health Care system and its name was officially changed to Caritas Labouré College in 2005,Massachusetts Board of Higher Education: Request for Committee and Board Action, April 2008 then officially changed back to Labouré College in 2009.
Until 1997, the school was sponsored by the Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul.Labouré College Catalogue It was subsequently affiliated with Steward Health Care System,CaritLabouré College featured by the Association of Independent Colleges and Universities in Massachusetts (AICUM) until 2013 when it disaffiliated."History of Labouré College", Labouré website
Presidents
Debra Townsley, 2018–2019 Lily Hsu, 2019–2026
Campus In 2013, Labouré College relocated from Dorchester to its new campus at 303 Adams Street in Milton, Massachusetts, the former campus of Aquinas College adjacent to Fontbonne Academy.
Academics Labouré offered the Bachelor of Science degree in nursing (BSN) and the Associate of Science degree in nursing and in allied health programs.Laboure College: Degree programs It was first accredited by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges (NEASC) in 1975 and gained accreditation under the NEASC Commission on Institutions of Higher Education (CIHE) in 2005.NEASC roster: Laboure College
Student life Labouré was a commuter college,Laboure College: About not a residential college. Most of its students were part-time. The average age was 31.
References
External links Official website