Otero Junior College Teaching Programs

Located in La Junta, Colorado, Otero Junior College is a public institution. La Junta is a good match for students who enjoy small-town life.

Where Is Otero Junior College?

Contact details for Otero JC are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	1802 Colorado Ave, La Junta, CO 81050
Phone:	719-384-6823
Website:	WWW.OJC.EDU

How Do I Get Into Otero JC?

You can apply to Otero JC online at: www.ojc.edu/howToApply.aspx

Otero Junior College has an open admissions policy. This means that the school accepts all applicants assuming that they meet very basic requirements, such as having a high school diploma or equivalent.

Can I Afford Otero Junior College?

Student Loan Debt

Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At Otero JC, approximately 30% of students took out student loans averaging $4,319 a year. That adds up to $17,276 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Otero JC is 11.6%. This is higher than the national default rate of 10.1% so you should proceed with caution when taking out student loans.

Otero Junior College Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 1,216 undergraduate students at Otero JC, with 528 being full-time and 688 being part-time.

Gender Diversity

Of the 528 full-time undergraduates at Otero JC, 43% are male and 57% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Otero Junior College students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	7
Black or African American	41
Hispanic or Latino	221
White	197
International Students	30
Other Races/Ethnicities	32

Over 22 countries are represented at Otero JC. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Canada, United Kingdom, and Japan.

Online Learning at Otero Junior College

In 2019-2020, 342 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at Otero JC has changed over the last few years.

Online Growth Rankings of Otero JC

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Otero Junior College was 8.1%. This is the #1,063 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at Otero JC regardless of major.

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

Otero Junior College Teaching Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	TOTAL
Early Childhood Education	0
TOTAL	0

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics

More about our data sources and methodologies.