Diploma Programs

Nursing Diploma Programs in North Carolina

The traditional nurse's education was a diploma-styled hospital-based program, which prepared student nurses for entry-level nursing positions. The emphasis of hospital-based diploma programs is typically on patient or clinical practice and care. (Description from nursingschool.org.)

Index of North Carolina Nursing Diploma Programs, Both Historical and Ongoing

Abbreviations: HSON = Hospital School of Nursing; AA = African American; W = White. Racial designation is based on time school began operation.

HSONCity/CountyRaceYears of Operation
Anson Sanitorium / Elizabeth Finlay SONWadesboro
Anson
W1923 - after WWII
Aston Park HospitalAsheville
Buncombe
W 
Billingsly MemorialStatesville
Iredell
W1901-1934 and 1937-?
Blue RidgeAsheville
Buncombe
AA1922-1928
Broughton HospitalMorganton
Burke
W1895-1962
CabarrusConcord
Cabarrus
W1942-Present (Now a 4-year program)
Carolina General HospitalSanford
Lee
 1909-
Charlotte MemorialCharlotte
Mecklenburg
W1938-Present (Now Carolina's College of Health Sciences)
Charlotte SanitoriumCharlotte
Mecklenburg
W 
City Memorial HospitalWinston Salem
Forsyth
W1901 (as Twin City Hospital) - 1964
Clarence Barker Memorial HospitalBiltmore Village
Buncombe
W1901-1951
Clinic HospitalGreensboro
Guilford
  
Community HospitalWilminton
New Hanover
AA1922-1966
Davis HSONStatesville
Iredell
W1920-1984
Dorothea Dix HSONRaleigh
Wake
W1902-1949
Duke University HSONDurham
Durham
W1931-1953 (Now a 4-year BSN program)
Edgecombe General HospitalTarboro
Edgecombe
W 
Ellen Fitzgerald HospitalMonroe
Union
AA? 
Gaston MemorialGastonia
Gaston
W1947-1973
Good SamaritanCharlotte
Mecklenburg
AA1902-1960
Grace HSONBanner Elk
Avery
W1924-1952
Guilford General HospitalHigh Point
Guilford
  
Hamlet HSONHamlet
Richmond
W1910-1981
High Point MemorialHigh Point
Guilford
W1908-1978
HighsmithFayetteville
Cumberland
W1899-1970
James Walker MemorialWilmington
New Hanover
W1901-1966
Jubilee Hospital and SONHenderson
Vance
AA1911-1970
Kate B. Reynolds HSONWinston-Salem
Forsyth
AA1938-1971
L. Richardson HSONGreensboro
Guilford
AA1927-1953
Lincoln HospitalDurham
Durham
AA1902-1971
Lowrance HospitalMooresville
Iredell
W 
Martin MemorialMt Airy
Surrey
W 
Mary Elizabeth HospitalRaleigh
Wake
W1914-1950
McCauley Private HospitalRaleigh
Wake
AA 
Memorial General / Lenoir McDaniel'sKinston
Lenoir
W1925-?
Mission MemorialAsheville
Buncombe
W1895-1971
Mercy HSONCharlotte
Mecklenburg
W1906-Present
Merriweather HSONAsheville
Buncombe
W 
Mountain SanitariumFletcher
Henderson
W1929-1984
NC Baptist HSONWinston-Salem
Forsyth
W1923-1974
NC SanitariumSanitarium
Hoke
W1926-1953
Negro Division State SanitariumSanitarium
Hoke
AA1926-1953
Park View HSONRocky Mount
Nash
W1914-1971
Pittman HospitalFayetteville
Cumberland
  
Presbyterian HospitalCharlotte
Mecklenburg
W1903-Present (Now 4-year BSN at Queens University)
Rex HSONRaleigh
Wake
W1894-1967
Richard Baker HospitalHickory
Catawba
  
Roanoke RapidsRoanoke Rapids
Halifax
W 
Robeson County MemorialLumberton
Robeson
W1906-
Rocky Mount SanitariumRocky Mount
Nash
W1922-1950
Rowan Memorial HospitalSalisbury
Rowan
W 
Rutherford HSONRutherfordton
Rutherford
W1907-1964
Salisbury HospitalSalisbury
Rowan
W 
Shelby HospitalShelby
Cleveland
W 
St. AgnesRaleigh
Wake
AA1896-1959
St. Leo'sGreensboro
Guilford
W1906-1953
St. Peter'sCharlotte
Mecklenburg
W1899-1970
TayloeWashington
Beaufort
W 
Watts HSONDurham
Durham
W1895-Present
Wesley Long HospitalGreensboro
Guilford
W 
Whitehead Stokes Private SanitariumSalisbury
Rowan
W 
Wilson HSONWilson
Wilson
W 
Wilson SanitariumWilson
Wilson
W1902-1933
Woodard Herring HSONWilson
Wilson
W