The University of Northern Colorado could have a new medical school by 2020

If all goes according to plan, the University of Northern Colorado will have a college of osteopathic medicine on campus within the next three years.

UNC's Board of Trustees heard a presentation during its meeting Friday morning about the proposed Colorado College of Osteopathic Medicine that would open in fall 2020 and be located in Bishop-Lehr Hall, which is used for storage.

The college would be operated by the Colorado-based healthcare provider Salud LLC. Salud would foot the estimated $30 million bill to gut and renovate Bishop-Lehr to make it a suitable medical training facility, Salud CEO David Mohr said. Salud also would collect the tuition revenue and hire the faculty, though Mohr said he "fully expects" some UNC faculty to work for the proposed college. And Salud would pay UNC rent for the use of Bishop-Lehr.

The college would be a four-year program. Students would have two years of classes and two years of clinical training. Mohr said the college's optimal size would be 150 students per class, and 600 total.

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