Saint Luke's College of Health Sciences will become part of Rockhurst University

Lily Lieberman reported in the Kansas City Business Journal on July 31, 2019 that Rockhurst University will absorb Saint Luke's College of Health Sciences, "Local university will absorb Saint Luke's nursing school."

Lieberman notes that the process requires approval from the Higher Learning Commission and officials at both institutions anticipate approval in 2020. Saint Luke's programs will move to the Rockhurst campus in 2022 following a complete renovation of Sedgwick Hall that was built in 1914.

Saint Luke's was founded by Saint Luke's Hospital as a diploma school of nursing in 1903 and offered a three-year program.  It was known as Saint Luke’s Hospital School of Nursing until 2010 when the name changed to Saint Luke’s College of Health Sciences.  The last reported IPEDS enrollment was 665 students in programs ranging from associate's degrees through post-master's level certificates.

Rockhurst University was founded in 1914.  It enrolls 3,145 students in a variety of undergraduate and graduates programs.

You can learn more about the plans through statements on "The Future of Nursing at Rockhurst University" or "The Future of Health Sciences Education in Kansas City" on the Saint Luke's website.

If you are interested in recent trends for closures, mergers,and acquisitions access College Closures since 2009 in the index at the right of any College History Garden page. There are separate tabs for non-profit closures, for-profit closures, and one for mergers and acquisitions. Each tab includes basic information for the institutions, i.e., Carnegie Classification, sector, accrediting agency, and the IPEDS unitid.