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Student Population

Student Population at OJC

Total Enrollment

999 (all undergraduate)

Undergraduate

999

Online Enrollment

Men Students

434

Women Students

565

For the academic year 2023-2024, a total of 999 students have enrolled at Otero College (all undergraduate).

By gender, 434 male and 565 female students are attending Otero College. By attendance status, there are 483 full-time students and 516 part-time students.

The number of students at Otero College is very small compared to Public, 2-4 Years Colleges in Colorado.

Otero College offers online degree/certificate programs and 81 students enrolled in online programs.

*Gender, Race, Age, and Online population based on 2022-2023 data.

Enrollment Comparison Chart

The below chart compares the student population between Otero College and similar colleges.

Enrollment by Gender/Attending Status

By gender, there are 434 male and 565 female students attending OJC. The male-to-female student ratio is 0.77 to 1 and the ratio is similar to national average (the national average is 0.75 to 1).

The following table and chart show the student population by gender and attending status at OJC.

Population by Gender/Attending Status at OJC
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	999	483	516
Men	434	227	207
Women	565	256	309

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, there are 467 White students (46.75%) and 368 Hispanic students (36.84%) at Otero College(top 2 most races/ethnicities). The following table summarizes the population diversity by race at Otero College.

Population by Race/Ethnicity at Otero College
	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Alaska Native	9	5	4
Asian	10	7	3
Black or African American	58	35	23
Hispanic	368	145	223
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	1	0	1
White	467	197	270
Two or More Races	31	18	13
Race/Ethnicity Unknown	18	7	11
Total	999	434	565

Enrollment by Student Age

By age, there are 734 students whose age under twenty five and 213 students whose age is over thirty years old at Otero College.

Especially, 264 students are younger than eighteen and 38 students are older than sixty five.

The following table and chart show the student population by student age at Otero College.

Population by Student Age at Otero College
	Total	Men	Women
Total	999	434	565
Under 18	264	124	140
18-19	288	134	154
20-21	135	70	65
22-24	47	17	30
25-29	52	20	32
30-34	51	17	34
35-39	33	8	25
40-49	48	18	30
50-64	43	14	29
65 and over	38	12	26
Total	999	434	565

Online Student Population

At Otero College, 304 students (30.43% of total enrollment) take online classes to get their degrees. Among them, 81 students enrolled exclusively in online classes (i.e. no off-line attendance required) and others are taking online courses with off-line courses. The following tables describe the number of students who enrolled in one or more online courses.

By location of enrolled students, 78 students live in Colorado where Otero College is located in and 2 students have enrolled from other states.