Program entity
Otero College
La Junta, Colorado · Public institution
- Address 1802 Colorado Avenue, La Junta, CO 81050
- Phone (719) 384-6800
- Website www.otero.edu/
- Tuition (in-state) $4,576
- Tuition (out-of-state) $7,286
- Welding (CIP 48.0508) completions 18 (latest reported year)
- AWS ATF co-located No (No AWS ATF facility found in this city+state in the AWS ATF Domestic Site Listing PDF (6.25.2025, 200 domestic facilities) -- not a gap, a computed negative match.)
Program details
What this program covers
Otero College offers an Associate of Applied Science in Welding (63 credits) plus certificates from 9 credits (Oxyfuel Cutting) to 45 credits (Advanced Welding Pipe). Instruction covers oxyfuel cutting, plasma cutting, air carbon arc gouging, SMAW, GMAW, and GTAW, with advanced instruction in robotic and pipeline welding. Courses are offered in person in McDivitt 114. The page notes that individual certificate courses taken outside a degree track may not be eligible for financial aid.
- Processes taught oxyfuel cutting, plasma cutting, air carbon arc gouging, SMAW/stick, GMAW/MIG, GTAW/TIG, robotic welding, pipeline welding
- Credential types AAS (63 credits); certificates (SMAW, GMAW, GTAW, Oxyfuel Cutting, Welding Pipe, Welding Production)
- Program length AAS 63 credits; certificates 9-45 credits
- Schedule in person
- Facilities instruction in McDivitt 114
- Financial aid certificate-only courses may not be eligible for financial aid; degree-seeking students eligible through standard channels
Sources & provenance
- Identity IPEDS Directory (HD component) via Urban Institute Education Data API (2023) , retrieved 2026-08-04
- Completions IPEDS Completions (C2023_A, NCES bulk file) (2023 (2022-23 academic year)) , retrieved 2026-08-04
- Tuition College Scorecard institution-level bulk CSV (Most Recent Cohorts) (most-recent-cohort (exact AY not labeled in bulk file; file release timestamp 2026-06-10)) , retrieved 2026-08-04
- Atf AWS ATF Domestic Site Listing PDF (aws-p-001-delivery.sitecorecontenthub.cloud/api/public/content/AWS-ATF-Domestic-Site-Listing), dated 6.25.2025, GET-fetched and parsed with pdftotext; 200 facility records extracted (city+state); co-location = program's city+state matches an ATF facility's city+state (2025 (6.25.2025 listing)) , retrieved 2026-08-04
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