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Otero College

La Junta, COPublic HLC

Otero College is a public community college in La Junta, Colorado. Its catalog lists an Associate of Arts in Criminal Justice and a Law Enforcement Associate of Applied Science that includes a peace officer training academy.

Verified degree programs

2 programs verified so far (2 associate). The school may offer more programs than we have verified; certificates are not listed as degrees.

Otero College

Criminal Justice (AA)

AssociateAADedicated degreeTransfer-orientedAssociate of Arts
Format: Campus · Online
Location: La Junta, COSchool location, not a residency requirement
Attendance: Online attendance requirements not verified
Duration: 4 semesters · 60 credits
Tuition: $299.75 per credit · In-state — Colorado resident, on campus, tuition per credit hour before College Opportunity Fund stipend (net after stipend 183.75) · 2026-2027
Next deadline: No upcoming verified deadline
Accreditation: Institution accredited: HLC
Subjects: Criminal Justice
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Otero College

Law Enforcement Associate of Applied Science

AssociateAASDedicated degreeAppliedAssociate of Applied Science
Format: Campus
Location: La Junta, CO
Attendance: Campus-based study
Duration: Duration not verified · 62 credits
Tuition: $299.75 per credit · In-state — Colorado resident, on campus, tuition per credit hour before College Opportunity Fund stipend (net after stipend 183.75) · 2026-2027
Next deadline: No upcoming verified deadline
Accreditation: Institution accredited: HLC
Subjects: Law Enforcement and Policing
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Accreditation

  • Higher Learning Commission (HLC)

    Institutional accreditation — accredited · since January 1, 1967 · next review 8/31/2027

    Recognized by: U.S. Department of Education

    Source: ope.ed.gov · verified October 10, 2026

FEPAC program accreditation

None of this school's listed programs appears in FEPAC's accredited-program list. FEPAC accredits forensic science programs only and is optional; its absence does not make a program ineligible here.

Institutional accreditation covers the institution. It does not mean every program is FEPAC-accredited — FEPAC accredits individual programs, and we show it only for the program FEPAC lists.

Online student services

Services the university publishes for online students. Availability can depend on program and enrollment status.

Online student services: not verified. We publish this only when the institution states it on an official page.

Offerings we reviewed but do not list

This directory lists associate, bachelor's, master's and PhD programs in its subjects. These offerings were checked against official pages and fall outside that scope (certificates, associate degrees, electives-only degrees…).
  • Law Enforcement Training Academy CertificateCertificate / academy training, not a degree.Source: otero.edu · verified October 24, 2026

Institution

Official name
Otero College
Control
Public
Source: nces.ed.gov · verified October 10, 2026
Main location
1802 Colorado Avenue, La Junta, CO 81050
Source: nces.ed.gov · verified October 10, 2026
Students enrolled exclusively in distance education
95 of 972 students (Fall 2023)
Source: nces.ed.gov · verified October 10, 2026

Sources

Last verified October 24, 2026. Program facts and their sources are on each program page.
  1. IPEDS 2024–25 Institutional Characteristics (HD2024), via College Navigator — U.S. Department of Education dataset (IPEDS / DAPIP), verified October 10, 2026
  2. IPEDS Fall 2023 enrollment by distance-education status (EF2023A_DIST) — U.S. Department of Education dataset (IPEDS / DAPIP), verified October 10, 2026
  3. DAPIP — HLC institutional accreditation record (data files downloaded 2026-10-10) — U.S. Department of Education dataset (IPEDS / DAPIP), verified October 10, 2026
  4. otero.edu/catalog/degrees-certificates/law-enforcement-aas/ — Official catalog / bulletin, verified October 24, 2026

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