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Baptist Health Sciences University, formerly Baptist College of Health Sciences, is a 
private college
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in Memphis
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, Tennessee
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. It is operated by Baptist Memorial Health Care. The school was created through the expansion of the School of Nursing (est. 1912) and School of Radiologic Technology (est. 1956) from diploma programs into a college
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in 1994. It offers Bachelor's degree
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s in healthcare.
They recently expand their programs to include a school of Osteopathic Medicine with classes expected to begin in fall 2024.
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