Allen college is committed to preparing competent healthcare professionals through educational programs of excellence, to developing a diverse community of learners and faculty, and to promoting community service, scholarship, and lifelong learning.

Educationallen college is an accredited, private, non-profit, multi-purpose college for nursing and health sciences. To provide general education courses, allen college has developed partnerships with many colleges and universities in iowa. The affiliation between these institutions will maximize the students' learning opportunities by combining the strength of allen college's clinical component with the traditional college environment. Allen college has ten programs and 1 minor available: doctorate of nurse practitioner (dnp), doctor of education (ed. D. ), master of science in nursing (msn), master of science in occupational therapy (ms in ot), bachelor of science in nursing (bsn), associate of science in radiography (asr), dental hygiene, diagnostic medical sonography (dms), medical laboratory science (mls), nuclear medicine technology (nmt), public health (ph), dental hygiene (dh) and population health minor. During the fall 2016 term, allen college had a total of 620 students enrolled with the breakdown among programs as follows: 7 dnp students enrolled, 12 ed. D students enrolled, 190 msn students enrolled, 33 ms in ot students enrolled, 292 bsn students enrolled, 32 asr students enrolled, 13 dms students enrolled, 15 mls students enrolled, 2 nmt students enrolled, 2 dh students enrolled, 2 ph student enrolled, 2 deciding enrolled, and 18 non-degree enrolled. Allen college complies with those laws which forbid discrimination on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, marital status, age, national origin, veteran status, disabilities, sexual orientation, or gender identity in administration of its admissions policies, educational policies, scholarships and loan programs, and other programs and operations. We strive to maintain compliance with the family educational rights and privacy act of 1974, as well as the drug-free workplace act of 1988. scholarshipsallen college provides scholarships to its students based on academic, social and community service criteria that are established in part by donors who contribute funds for these types of scholarships. A scholarship committee is used to determine eligibility and recommend recipients.