Partnering Institutions
The University of Colorado consists of four institutions: University of Colorado Boulder, University of Colorado Colorado Springs, University of Colorado Denver, and the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus.
- The MD Rural Program began as a track in the School of Medicine in 2005 with the goal of increasing the number of graduates with the MD degree who enter and remain in practice in Colorado. The MD Rural Program serves as the model for the Colorado Rural Healthcare Workforce Initiative and the Rural Program Office provides technical assistance and organizational leadership.
- The only dental school in the Rocky Mountain region, the University of Colorado School of Dental Medicine, is a leader in innovation. The school has five incredible dental programs, including three residencies and eight clinics on the Anschutz Medical Campus. The school provides inter-professional experience, research activities, and patient care. Patients can get quality care by our esteemed faculty, staff, and students.
- The Colorado School of Public Health is built on the collective expertise and vision of faculty at three leading educational and research institutions: the University of Colorado, Colorado State University and the University of Northern Colorado. We are uniquely defined by our history, collaborative identity, and collective strengths. Each day our faculty, students, alumni, and community partners work together to fulfill a commitment to protect and promote health across Colorado, the nation, and the globe.
- Founded in 1968, the University of Colorado’s Physician Assistant Program is consistently ranked as one of the best PA programs in the country. The program is a master’s level, primary care PA program preparing graduates to provide comprehensive medical care for patients of all ages.
- As part of the University of Colorado System, UCCS has grown from a small commuter satellite school to one of the fastest-growing universities in Colorado. The main reasons for our growth include our ability to innovate and meet the needs of our students.
Located in the heart of the Rocky Mountains, Western Colorado University delivers career preparation in engineering, computer and other sciences and liberal arts curriculum to 2900 intellectually adventurous students.
The Master of Behavioral Science (MBS) in Rural Community Health is a 5-year program that prepares students for work in behavioral and social science fields including substance abuse prevention, health promotion, climate change and health, elder care, youth health and empowerment, early childhood interventions, violence prevention, as well as education and advocacy around a range of community issues. Students sharpen their awareness about suicide prevention, school violence, addictions, trauma-informed interventions, environmental justice, stress and social isolation, reproductive health, poverty and much more. The program emphasizes culturally sensitive and multiscale definitions of “health” and “health equity” that include evidence-based practices and a variety of strategies for healing, advocacy, education, assessment, research and consultation.
Founded in 1925, Colorado Mesa University is a comprehensive regional public higher education institution offering liberal arts, professional, and technical programs at the master’s, bachelor’s, associate and certificate levels.
At Colorado Mesa, we take great pride in providing educational opportunities and tools that help students succeed in today’s complex and interconnected world. Our focus is on providing quality academic programs, built on a strong liberal arts core that support students’ interests and regional employment needs, as well as technical programs that respond to vocational workforce demands.
Colorado Mountain College was officially designated as Colorado’s first dual mission institution in 2021. Dual mission colleges and universities offer a blend of certificate programs and associate degrees as well as bachelor’s degrees under one roof. They recognize that today’s learners need and want a mix of liberal arts and hands-on career skills training.
Metropolitan State University of Denver is a leader in social mobility. Committed to fostering equity. All while offering an accessibly excellent experience. As the top transfer destination among Colorado colleges and universities, our students are engaged citizens, making an immediate impact on our workforce and community from the moment they enroll.
Adams State University was founded in 1921 for the purpose of educating teachers to serve rural areas of Colorado, including the San Luis Valley. The goal then, as now, was to provide students with an exceptional education and the individual care and attention that would allow them to succeed. In 2000, Adams State was Colorado’s first higher education institution to be federally designated a Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI). Since then, the university has been awarded a total of $14.1 million in Title V grants designed to strengthen HSIs.
Today, the university continues its commitment to serve underrepresented minorities, first-generation, and low-income students by focusing on access and affordability.
Colorado State University Pueblo has a long history of serving the community and responding to the growing needs of higher education in our region. Our roots were first established in 1933 when we began as a three-room junior college with 63 students and two instructors. We spent many years thereafter serving the community in that capacity and officially became a four-year university in 1975. Colorado State University Pueblo became our name in 2003.
We have evolved from that three-room junior college to a regional, comprehensive university offering 26 baccalaureate and six master degree programs, serving nearly 5,000 students from all 50 states and 23 countries. Over the past 75 years under four different names, the institution has graduated more than 30,000 students from around the world. Today, nearly 20,000 graduates live in Colorado.
Founded in 1889 and tucked between the Rocky Mountains and Colorado’s stunning high plains, the University of Northern Colorado is a public doctoral research university committed to the success of its students, with more than 100 undergraduate programs and 113 graduate programs. The university’s just-right size, expert faculty, and tradition of research and hands-on learning gives students exceptional opportunities and a personalized education.
Morgan Community College has served Fort Morgan and the I-70 corridor for over 50 years, offering over 50 programs and covering an 11,500 square mile service area, the biggest in northeastern Colorado.
Today’s Fort Lewis College is a place of experiential learning and an incubator of ideas and opportunities. It emerged through a series of changes uniquely tied to this region and its people. From military outpost to Indian boarding school, rural high school to a public liberal arts college, we have played a part of Southwest Colorado and the Four Corners region for over a century.
Trinidad State College features a rich mix of programs for all kinds of learners. Students can choose from hands-on programs designed to teach a particular set of skills, to more academic courses which lay the foundation for continued learning at a four-year college or university. Instructors are experienced and knowledgeable and are quick to give individual attention. A student to teacher ratio of 12 to 1 allows us to support the “Students First” model of learning.
