History
Throughout the past century, PA College has grown from one nursing program with a handful of students to nearly 20 degree options with over 1,800 students enrolled.
The PA College Timeline
| 1893 | Lancaster General Hospital was founded “for the purpose of establishing and maintaining a hospital for the treatment and care of the sick and suffering, and the training of nurses to be employed in such care.” |
| 1903 | Lancaster General Hospital established its School of Nursing, which offered a three-year training program. |
| 1952 | The hospital developed a medical laboratory science, its first allied health program. It continued to add programs throughout the following decades. |
| 1974 | The school graduated its first male nurse. |
| 1995 | The nursing and health sciences programs merged to form the Lancaster Institute for Health Education. |
| 2001 | The Pennsylvania Department of Education granted the Institute the ability to confer degrees. The Institute became the Lancaster General College of Nursing & Health Sciences. |
| 2006 | The College received accreditation from the Middle States Commission on Higher Education. |
| 2009 | The College introduced several baccalaureate degrees, including a Bachelor of Science in Nursing and an RN to BSN option. |
| 2013 | As a result of two years of branding research, the Lancaster General College of Nursing & Health Sciences announced a new name: The Pennsylvania College of Health Sciences. |
| 2015 | PA College began offering graduate-level courses for four master’s degree programs. |
| 2016 | The College moved from the Lancaster General Hospital campus to its location on Greenfield Road in Lancaster. |
| 2017 | The College added a doctoral degree with the launch of the Doctor of Nursing Practice program. |