Otero College
La Junta, Colorado
- Public technical or community college
- Public
- Town
- 619 students
What you can study
Programs this school reported awarding, with how many students finished one in the latest year. Where the federal data has it, we show what this school's graduates earned a year after finishing (for graduates from a few years back, so a program can show earnings even if few finished recently). The national figure is for everyone who finished that kind of program anywhere.
Agriculture and horticulture
- Agricultural Business and ManagementCertificate · 28 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $36,907
- Agricultural Business and ManagementAssociate degree · 1 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,343
- Agricultural Production OperationsCertificate · 1 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $32,679
- Agricultural Production OperationsAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $36,686
- Applied Horticulture and Horticultural Business ServicesCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $31,375
- Animal SciencesAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $35,006
Carpentry and construction
- Construction Trades, GeneralCertificate · 2 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $39,348
Child care and early education
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and MethodsCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $32,866
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and MethodsAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $30,190
Clinical lab technician
- Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied ProfessionsCertificate · 8 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $34,692
- Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied ProfessionsAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $52,694
Cosmetology and barbering
- Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming ServicesCertificate · 12 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $23,574
EMT, surgical tech and imaging
- Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $55,124
Medical assisting and pharmacy tech
- Allied Health and Medical Assisting ServicesAssociate degree · 2 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,233
Police, fire and corrections
- Criminal Justice and CorrectionsCertificate · 28 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $55,215
- Criminal Justice and CorrectionsAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,997
Practical nursing and nursing assistant
- Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing AssistantsCertificate · 51 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $50,533
Registered nursing
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingAssociate degree · 22 finishedGraduates here earned $74,849 a year after finishingNationally: $75,149
Welding and machining
- Precision Metal WorkingCertificate · 27 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $42,421
Other programs (24)
- AnthropologyAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $37,748
- Biology, GeneralAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $33,380
- Business Administration, Management and OperationsCertificate · 6 finishedNationally: $44,510
- Business/Commerce, GeneralAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $40,381
- ChemistryAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $36,707
- Communication and Media StudiesAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $33,346
- Drama/Theatre Arts and StagecraftAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $22,567
- EconomicsAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $42,934
- English Language and Literature, GeneralAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $27,003
- Entrepreneurial and Small Business OperationsCertificate · 0 finishedNationally: $43,067
- Fine and Studio ArtsAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $24,176
- Geological and Earth Sciences/GeosciencesAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $33,448
- HistoryAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $31,926
- Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesAssociate degree · 110 finishedGraduates here earned $32,082 a year afterNationally: $34,134
- MathematicsAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $36,826
- Mental and Social Health Services and Allied ProfessionsCertificate · 0 finishedNationally: $41,294
- Mental and Social Health Services and Allied ProfessionsAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $38,048
- MusicAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $26,345
- PhilosophyAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $33,648
- PhysicsAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $35,965
- Psychology, GeneralAssociate degree · 1 finishedNationally: $30,994
- Romance Languages, Literatures, and LinguisticsAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $41,894
- Science Technologies/Technicians, OtherAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $41,828
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject AreasAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $22,303
What it really costs
Net price is what students paid after grants and scholarships.
- Average net price
- $4,896per year, students who got grant aidSource: College Scorecard
- Total cost of attendance
- $17,903sticker price incl. living costs, per yearSource: College Scorecard
- Tuition, in-state
- $4,745Source: College Scorecard
- Students with federal loans
- 17%Source: College Scorecard
How students do
- Finish their program
- 43%first-time, full-time students finishing within 1.5 times the normal lengthSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings
- $40,6346 years after starting, students who got federal aidSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings, later
- $42,69410 years after startingSource: College Scorecard
- Median debt at completion
- $9,500federal loans, students who finishedSource: College Scorecard
- Earned a degree or certificate here
- 41%all students who started, 8 years laterSource: College Scorecard
- Left for another college before finishing
- 25%all students who started, 8 years laterSource: College Scorecard
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Where these numbers come from
Every number on this page comes from the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard page for Otero College, which draws on what the school reports to the federal government and on federal student aid and tax records. Program earnings cover graduates who received federal student aid. We last pulled the data on November 6, 2026.
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