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Otero College

La Junta, Colorado Public 2-year Remote town

Overview

Otero College is a public two-year institution based in La Junta, Colorado. Its campus is in a remote town. It enrolled 959 students in fall 2024. It is part of Colorado Community College System.

Otero College offers certificates and associate degrees across 51 programs. Its largest programs by number of graduates are Liberal Arts and Sciences, Registered Nursing, and Criminal Justice/Police Science. It awarded 322 degrees and certificates in 2024-25.

The school has an open admission policy. 44% of full-time first-year students return for a second year. The student-to-faculty ratio is 14 to 1.

Key figures

Open
Admission policy
959
Students enrolled
44%
First-year retention
322
Degrees and certificates awarded, 2024-25
51
Programs and majors
14:1
Student-to-faculty ratio

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Delivery modes

CampusOnlineHybrid

Program levels

CertificateAssociate

Programs and majors offered 51

Graduate counts are degrees and certificates awarded in each program between July 2024 and June 2025. Largest fields are listed first.

Liberal Arts and General Studies 3
Health Professions 8
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement and Firefighting 2
Agriculture and Veterinary Science 11
Culinary, Cosmetology and Personal Services 1
Business, Management and Marketing 3
Construction Trades 1
Precision Production 1
Visual and Performing Arts 4
Biological and Biomedical Sciences 1
Communication and Journalism 1
Education 3
English Language and Literature 1
Foreign Languages and Linguistics 1
History 1
Mathematics and Statistics 1
Philosophy and Religious Studies 1
Physical Sciences 3
Psychology 1
Science Technologies 1
Social Sciences 2

Admissions

Admission policy
Open admission

Outcomes

Retention is for students who started in fall 2023 and returned in fall 2024.

First-year retention, full-time students
44%
First-year retention, part-time students
41%
Student-to-faculty ratio
14:1

Degrees and certificates awarded

Awards conferred between July 1, 2024 and June 30, 2025.

Associate degrees
146
Certificates under 1 year
85
Certificates of 1 to 2 years
91

Enrollment

Students, fall 2024
959
Undergraduates, fall 2024
959
Full-time, fall 2024
52%
Students over the full 2024-25 year
1,220
Full-time, 2024-25
47%
Size category
Under 1,000 students

Student body

Share of all students enrolled during 2024-25. Small groups can round to zero and are not listed.

Women
60%
Men
40%
White
44%
Hispanic or Latino
40%
Black or African American
3%
Asian
1%
Two or more races
2%
American Indian or Alaska Native
1%
International (U.S. nonresident)
6%
Race or ethnicity unknown
3%

Online and flexible learning

Distance education in 2024-25.

Programs with a fully online option
1
Online undergraduate programs
Yes
Students studying fully online
12%
Students taking some online courses
32%
Weekend or evening classes
Yes

Campus and services

Setting
Remote town
Academic calendar
Semester
Part of
Colorado Community College System
Carnegie classification
Associate's Colleges: High Career & Technical-Mixed Traditional/Nontraditional
Athletic association
NJCAA
President
Kimberly Zant
Services and opportunities
Academic and career counseling, Student employment services, Accepts AP credit, Credit for life experience
For veterans and service members
Credit for military training

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