For more than 100 years, Methodist College has provided high quality education for healthcare professionals. What started as a nurse training program in 1900, established by the deaconesses of the Methodist Episcopal church, has grown to a nursing program offering baccalaureate and master’s opportunities, health science and social work bachelor degree programs, and education opportunities for medical and nursing assistants. Methodist College is a four-year, private, not-for-profit college affiliated with Carle Health. This relationship affords our students clinical opportunities throughout the Peoria region at the Carle Health hospitals and clinics. The college is not affiliated with the United Methodist Church or any religious affiliation.