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Rocky Mountain College

Rocky Mountain College
1511 Poly Drive
Billings, MT 59102

Official telephone: (406) 657-1000
Toll-free telephone: (800) 877-6259
Fax number: (406) 259-9751
Website: www.rocky.edu
Screen last updated on: January 2010
STUDENT PROFILE
Total undergraduates: 863
Full-time undergraduates: 796
Part-time undergraduates: 67
Total graduate students: 49
Full-time graduate students: 49
Average age of full-time undergraduates: 23
U.S. region where majority of students come from: West
Percent of full-time U.S. undergraduates from out of state: 26%
First-year student breakdown:
0.6% Black (non-Hispanic)
3.2% American Indian or Alaskan Native
0.6% Asian or Pacific Islander
1.3% Hispanic
89.1% White (non-Hispanic)
5.1% total international (nonresident aliens)
Undergraduate breakdown:
0.6% Black (non-Hispanic)
7.2% American Indian or Alaskan Native
1.2% Asian or Pacific Islander
2.0% Hispanic
84.0% White (non-Hispanic)
5.0% total international (nonresident aliens)

CAMPUS ENVIRONMENT
Campus size: 60 acres
City or town school is located in: Billings, MT
Population of city/town: 101,182
Online campus map: www.rocky.edu/campus/
map.shtml

LIVING ON CAMPUS
Institution offers housing: yes
Campus housing available to all unmarried students regardless of year: yes
Housing types (% in housing type, if given):
  • coed dorms (18%)
  • single-student apartments (2%)
  • married-student apartments (6%)
  • special housing for disabled students
  • other housing including Suites (74%)
Percent of freshmen who live in school housing: 89%
Percent of students who live in school housing: 53%
Percent of students who live off campus: 47%
Students required to live on campus: All unmarried freshmen and sophomores under age 21 must live on campus unless living with family.
Percent of all students who have cars on campus: 65%
Student conduct policies:
class attendance policies set by individual instructors
Alcohol is permitted on campus to students of legal age: yes

STUDY FACILITIES
Every student is required to lease or own a computer: no
Every student is required to take a computer course: no
Computer equipment is provided in: residence halls, library, computer center/lab(s), student center
Total number of microcomputers available to students: 104
Internet access provided to all students: yes
E-mail services/accounts provided to all students: yes
School has a library on campus: yes
Additional library facilities/collections:
Archives. Special collections.

ASSISTANCE SERVICES
Remedial learning services:
reading, writing, math, study skills
Additional services offered:
nonremedial tutoring, placement service, health service, day care
Counseling services:
minority student, career, personal, academic, psychological, religious
Career placement services:
internships, interest inventory, on-campus job interviews, resumé assistance, alumni services, interview training
Services for students with disabilities:
note-taking services, tape recorders, tutors, reader services, special housing
Amount of campus that is accessible to physically handicapped: 50%

SOCIAL ACTIVITIES
Number of social fraternities on campus: 0
Number of social sororities on campus: 0
Student activities:
student government, student newspaper, literary magazine, yearbook
School newspaper(s): Soliloquy, published annually
Top of the Rock, published biweekly
Total number of registered organizations: 23
Campus-based religious organizations:
United Church of Christ, United Methodist, Presbyterian Church
Minority student organizations:
American Indian Science and Engineering Society (AISES), Native American club, Sojourner Club
Other student organizations, musical groups, activities, and committees:
Concert choirs, musical ensembles, concert, jazz, marching, and pep bands, theatre, publications committee, forensics, art, business, and math groups, special events and campus life committees, nontraditional student group, equestrian club, flying team, team managers.

ATHLETICS
School has an athletic program: yes
Athletic director: Terry Corey,
Athletic Director
School colors: green and vegas gold
School mascot: Battlin' Bears
Athletic conference memberships: Frontier Conference (NAIA)

Sports offered Scholarships? Athletic Assoc.
Men's basketballyesNAIA
Men's cross-countryyesNAIA
Men's footballyesNAIA
Men's golfyesNAIA
Men's Nordic skiingyesNAIA
Women's basketballyesNAIA
Women's cheerleadingyesNAIA
Women's cross-countryyesNAIA
Women's golfyesNAIA
Women's Nordic skiingyesNAIA
Women's socceryesNAIA
Women's volleyballyesNAIA

Percent of students in varsity/club intercollegiate sports: 30%
Athletic facilities:
fields, golf course, gymnasium

GETTING AWAY
Public transportation serves campus: yes
Nearest international airport: Billings, MT (3 miles)
Nearest passenger bus service: Billings, MT (5 miles)

PAYING THE BILLS
Institutional employment is available: yes
Percent of full-time undergraduates working on campus: 22%
Off-campus employment opportunities for undergraduates are: fair
Freshmen are discouraged from working for first term: yes

AFTER GRADUATION
Percent of graduates who pursue further study: 22% within one year of graduation
Percent of graduates who enter job market in field related to major: 97% within six months of graduation
List of firms that most frequently hire graduates:
Big Sky Airlines, First Interstate Bank, Eide Bailly (Accounting), Yellowstone Boys and Girls Ranch, school districts, Price Waterhouse Coopers