Mount Carmel College of Nursing

Private · Moderately Selective · OH

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School data & stats

TypePrivate

LocationOH · Midwest

SettingUrban

Undergrads532

Student:faculty8:1

Outcomes

4-yr grad rate44.2%

6-yr grad rate53.8%

Drop-out rate19.2%

Study abroad—

Cost

In-state tuition$22k

Out-of-state tuition$22k

Application fee—

Community

Racial diversity41%

Gender diversity86.5%

International0%

IdentityRoman Catholic

Overview

Mount Carmel College of Nursing is a small, hospital-affiliated college in Columbus, Ohio operated by the Mount Carmel Health System, and its entire academic identity centers on preparing nurses rather than offering a broad range of majors.

Academics

The curriculum is nursing from the first year onward, with clinical rotations placed directly in Mount Carmel's own hospitals and health facilities around Columbus, giving students an unusually direct pipeline between classroom instruction and clinical practice within one health system.

Campus & student life

The campus is compact and commuter-oriented by nursing-school standards, built around a health-system campus rather than a traditional quad-and-dorms setting, and student life centers on cohorts moving through the nursing curriculum together.

After graduation

Because the college is owned by a hospital system, graduates have a well-worn path into employment at Mount Carmel facilities, and the college's regional reputation rests almost entirely on how well it prepares students for the nursing licensure exam and bedside practice.

Worth knowing

This is a single-purpose nursing college, not a comprehensive university — a good fit only for a student already committed to nursing as a career, since there are few or no alternate majors to pivot into.

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Admissions

Acceptance rate84.3%

Enrolled mid-50%1040

Test policynot used

Rec letters—

Deadlines (2026–27 cycle)

Applying