The new school, a nearly $70 million project, is privately funded and will be for-profit. The school will have room for about 100 students, a similar size to the Albuquerque-based University of New Mexico’s School of Medicine.
According to the report, the new residency positions could help alleviate New Mexico’s physician shortage while simultaneously benefitting the state’s economy.
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