Overview

Rocky Vista University is a private, for-profit health sciences university that trains physicians and other clinicians at campuses in Colorado, Utah and Montana. Its core program, offered on all three campuses, is the Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine, a medical degree that emphasizes primary care and a whole-person approach to medicine. The university also grants degrees in physician assistant studies, nurse anesthesia practice, biomedical sciences and medical sciences, with anatomy and simulation labs for hands-on training. An independent board of trustees governs the university, which holds regional accreditation from the Higher Learning Commission. It was established in 2006 and is based in Parker, Colorado.