Rocky Vista Montana College receives approval to recruit, accept students

“Montana needs more physicians,” said Steve Arveschoug, executive director of Big Sky Economic Development. “We need more in primary care. We need to be able to refer more doctors to rural, underserved parts of our state, so everybody got the need.”

One year from now, Billings will welcome its inaugural class of medical students to Rocky Vista University’s Montana College of Osteopathic Medicine, as the school cleared its final accreditation hurdle Tuesday, giving it permission to recruit and accept students.