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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: September 2025
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
Otero College
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
Additional services offered:
placement service
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 NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's baseballyes 
Men's basketballyes 
Men's basketball NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's golfyes 
Men's golf NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's socceryes 
Men's soccer NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's wrestlingyes 
Men's wrestling  
Women's basketballyes 
Women's basketball NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's golf NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's golfyes 
Women's soccer NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's socceryes 
Women's softballyes 
Women's softball NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's volleyballyes 
Women's volleyball NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Intramural/Recreational sports:
basketball; volleyball

GETTING AWAY
Nearest international airport: Colorado Springs

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