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Otero College

1802 Colorado Avenue, La Junta, CO 81050 · Public 2-year · (719) 384-6800 · School website

Average net price

$11,103

per year after grants, College Scorecard

Career completions

100

2023-24, IPEDS

Finish on time

38.1%

within 150% of normal time, Scorecard

Students with Pell

38.2%

share of undergraduates, Scorecard

Takes federal student aid (IPEDS) Accreditor on file: Higher Learning Commission Credit for military training (IPEDS) Open admission (IPEDS)

Career programs at Otero College

Otero College reported 100 certificate and associate completions in 7 of the program types we track for 2023-24, most of them in CNA (34). College Scorecard counts 619 undergraduates.

Program	Award	Length	Program cost	Completions	Earnings, 1 yr	Funding and results
CNA	Certificate	Not reported	Not reported	34	Not published	WIOA list
Welding	Certificate	Not reported	Not reported	27	Not published	WIOA list
LPN/LVN	Certificate	Not reported	Not reported	17	Not published	WIOA list
Cosmetology	Certificate	Not reported	Not reported	12	Not published	WIOA list
Phlebotomy	Certificate, Associate	Not reported	Not reported	8	Not published	WIOA list
Medical assistant	Associate	Not reported	Not reported	2	Not published
EMT and paramedic	Certificate	Not reported	Not reported	0	Not published	WIOA list

Program cost is the whole-program tuition and fees a clock-hour school reports to IPEDS for its largest programs (2024-25). Earnings are College Scorecard medians for graduates of this school in that field, one year after completing; small cohorts are not published. WIOA list means the program appears on the state's eligible training provider list in the U.S. Department of Labor file (programs listed as of June 30, 2025).

Cost and aid at Otero College

What a year costs, 2024-25

Tuition and fees, in districtIPEDS, academic-year schools: $4,576
Tuition and fees, in stateIPEDS: $4,576
Tuition and fees, out of stateIPEDS: $7,286
Books and suppliesIPEDS: $1,642
Average net price after grantsCollege Scorecard, students with federal aid: $11,103
Median federal debt at graduationCollege Scorecard, all programs: $10,250
Median earnings 10 years after entryCollege Scorecard, all students: $39,018

Clock-hour schools charge by program, not by year: see each program's own page for its whole-program cost.

Otero College net price calculator (link from IPEDS)
Financial aid office page (link from IPEDS)
Veterans and military page (link from IPEDS)

How training gets paid for: Pell Grants, Workforce Pell, WIOA, GI Bill.