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Otero College

Otero College
1802 Colorado Avenue
La Junta, CO 81050-3415

Official telephone: (719) 384-6800
Fax number: (719) 384-6880
Website: https://www.otero.edu/
Screen last updated on: October 2026
STUDENT PROFILE
Total undergraduates: 959
Full-time undergraduates: 495
Part-time undergraduates: 464
Degree seeking undergraduate student breakdown:
1.5% American Indian or Alaskan Native
0.5% Asian, non-Hispanic/Latino
4.0% Black or African American, non-Hispanic/Latino
42.7% Hispanic/Latino
39.0% White, non-Hispanic/Latino
2.3% Two or more races non-Hispanic/Latino
9.2% Nonresident Alien
0.8% Race and/or Ethnicity unknown
CAMPUS ENVIRONMENT
Campus size: 40 acres

LIVING ON CAMPUS
Institution offers housing: yes
Housing types (% in housing type, if given):
  • women's dorms
  • men's dorms
Percent of freshmen who live in school housing: 89%

STUDY FACILITIES
Every student is required to lease or own a computer: no
Computer equipment is provided in: computer center/lab(s)
Total number of microcomputers available to students: 100
School has a library on campus: yes

ASSISTANCE SERVICES
Counseling services:
career
Career placement services:
interest inventory, resumé assistance, Job fairs are available to students through the career center.

ATHLETICS

Sports offered Scholarships? Athletic Assoc.
Men's baseball  
Men's baseballyes 
Men's basketball  
Men's basketballyes 
Men's golfyes 
Men's golf  
Men's rodeo  
Men's soccer  
Men's socceryes 
Men's wrestling  
Men's wrestlingyes 
Women's basketball  
Women's basketballyes 
Women's golfyes 
Women's golf  
Women's rodeo  
Women's soccer  
Women's socceryes 
Women's softballyes 
Women's softball  
Women's volleyball  
Women's volleyballyes 
Intramural/Recreational sports:
basketball; volleyball

GETTING AWAY
Nearest international airport: Colorado Springs

PAYING THE BILLS
Institutional employment is available: yes

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