Galen College of Nursing was born over 30 years ago In Louisville, Kentucky, when a group of healthcare leaders had the foresight to dedicate significant resources to the crucial development of the nursing workforce. The need for nurses intersected with innovation, creativity, and imagination.

Mission Built – Dedicated to opportunity

With a mission dedicated solely to expanding access to quality nursing education, Galen became an independent education institution in 1993, understanding that the nation’s existing higher education systems could not meet the demand for new nurses as the largest workforce within healthcare.

Vision Realized – We change the life of one to care for the lives of many

It didn’t take long to comprehend Galen’s true transformative power. The single-purpose College was not only educating future nurses, but also changing lives. By providing the same excellence, care, and commitment to students expected of them in practice, Galen honors and fulfills potential, providing opportunity to all those called to nursing.