About The Mark & Robyn Jones College of Nursing
The Mark and Robyn Jones College of Nursing is dedicated to meeting Montana’s needs for nurses, nurse leaders, nurse educators and nurse practitioners to serve its urban, rural, frontier and tribal communities. Since 1937, the college has ensured that Bobcat Nurses receive cutting edge knowledge and clinical experiences rooted in Montana’s rural traditions.
Degrees Offered
Five Campus Locations
The Mark & Robyn Jones College of Nursing is one college with five campuses serving nursing students across the state of Montana. When applying to the nursing program, students will have the opportunity to rank their campus preferences. The MRJCON encourages you to explore the unique features of each campus.
Why Choose Nursing?
Fulfilling work:
When you choose nursing as a major you are not only preparing yourself for a successful career path but you are also giving back to your community and helping those in need.
High wages:
$86,070 - The median annual wage for registered nurses as of May 2023. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Employment in Montana or Nationwide:
About 190,000 openings for registered nurses are projected each year. This spans rural and urban centers across Montana and the country. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Exciting Enhancements to Nursing Education
In 2021 Mark and Robyn Jones made atransformative gift of $101 million to Montana State's Nursing Program which today bears their name. The gift at the time was the largest ever given to a college of nursing, as well as the largest private gift in the history of the state of Montana. The main goals of this gift were to:
- Provide funding for new facilities at each of the MSU College of Nursing’s five campuses in Bozeman, Billings, Great Falls, Kalispell and Missoula. Equipped with modern classrooms and state-of-the-art simulation labs.
- Establish five endowed faculty professorships. These endowed professorships will position MSU to attract top faculty talent during a nationwide nursing faculty shortage.
- Develop an endowed scholarship fund that will allow the MSU College of Nursing to keep the cost of nursing education affordable for all students.
- Create Montana’s only certified nurse midwifery program preparing doctoral level nurses who will significantly increase the number of specialized maternal health care providers capable and willing to provide services to rural and remote communities in Montana. This program launched last spring and you can learn more about it here.
