Founded in 1911 as the Lewis Gale School of Nursing, Radford University Carilion has been educating healthcare professionals in the Roanoke Valley for over 100 years. We are Virginia’s first hospital affiliated college and we are the top producer of health professions graduates in Southwest Virginia and in top 10 for the Commonwealth. Our total student population is just under 1,100. Here, students are provide rigorous real-world learning environment at one of the most forward-thinking academic health centers in the nation.
Radford University and Carilion Clinic have created a private-public partnership that gives students access to start of the are facilities, access to practicing clinicians and we offer clinical opportunities all within our campus facility.