How much does Otero College cost?

In-state tuition and fees are $4,576 a year, and $7,286 for out-of-state students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $11,103 a year.

How many Otero College programs report graduate pay?

One associate's program and 2 certificate programs at Otero College report first-year pay, and 2 of them also report federal debt.

Otero College Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Public college
La Junta, CO
619 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

Otero College has two certificate programs that report what graduates earn. Practical Nursing pays more in the first year ($74,405) than Criminal Justice ($50,431). Otero College also has one associate's program that reports pay.

In-state tuition and fees$4,576Per year. Out-of-state $7,286

Average net price after aid$11,103Per year

Graduation rate38%Within 1.5 times the normal program length

One associate's program

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in Colorado" compares first-year pay with the same field's associate's programs across Colorado.

Program	Year 1 pay	Year 5 pay	Debt	Rank in Colorado
NursingAbout 52 graduates a year	$74,179	$77,553	$31,376	3rd of 12

Program names link to the program's own page, and Colorado ranks link to the full ranking for the field.

One more associate's program reports debt but not pay, so it isn't listed.

Both certificate programs

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in Colorado" compares first-year pay with the same field's certificate programs across Colorado.

Program	Year 1 pay	Year 5 pay	Debt	Rank in Colorado
Practical NursingAbout 51 graduates a year	$74,405	Not reported	$24,150	1st of 11
Criminal JusticeAbout 26 graduates a year	$50,431	$48,869	Not reported	10th of 11

Program names link to the program's own page, and Colorado ranks link to the full ranking for the field. A program gets its own page when it reports both pay and debt and at least five Colorado programs in the field do too.

Common questions

Practical Nursing graduates earn a median of $74,405 in their first year, the most of 2 Otero College certificate programs that report pay.

About this data

Earnings and debt only include students who received federal financial aid, and earnings only count graduates who were working and not enrolled in more school.
Debt only includes federal loans. Private loans and credit cards are not counted.
Tuition, net price, graduation rate, and admission rate are for the whole school, not one program.
Some schools with several campuses report one combined figure for all of them. We count each of those schools once, and leave them out of Colorado rankings when their main campus is in another state.
Scorecard figures describe graduating classes from several years ago.

Sources

U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, field of study and institution files, June 2026 release
NCES, IPEDS tuition and fees, 2023-24, for in-district tuition labels