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Sterling College Overview

Sterling College is a private not-for-profit institution situated in Craftsbury Common, Vermont. The rural area surrounding Sterling is great for students who love a peaceful atmosphere.

What Is Sterling College Known For?

32 Undergraduate Awards
$26,111 Avg Cost After Aid
93% Acceptance Rate
  • Students at Sterling may have an easier time interacting with their teachers since the student to faculty ratio at the school is 6 to 1.
  • The bachelor's degree is the highest award offered at Sterling.
  • In a recent academic period67% of the faculty were full-time.
  • On average, it takes about 4.0 years for students from Sterling to earn a bachelor's degree. This is excellent when compared to the average of 4.4 years.

Where Is Sterling College?

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Contact details for Sterling are given below.

Contact Details
Address: 16 Sterling Drive, Craftsbury Common, VT 05827-0072
Phone: 802-586-7711
Website: www.sterlingcollege.edu

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How Do I Get Into Sterling?

You can apply to Sterling online at: www.commonapp.org/explore/sterling-college

Admission Requirements for Sterling

Submission Required?
High School GPA 5
High School Rank 3
High School Transcript 1
College Prep Program 3
Recommendations 5
SAT or ACT Scores 3
TOEFL 1

How Hard Is It To Get Into Sterling?

93% Acceptance Rate
46% Of Accepted Are Women
Sterling has the high acceptance rate of 93%, which means it is fairly easy to gain admittance as long as you submit a complete application with requested materials.

Approximately 38% of accepted students are men and 46% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 83%, and the acceptance rate for women is 100%.

Can I Afford Sterling College?

$26,111 Net Price
65% Take Out Loans
The overall average net price of Sterling is $26,111. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At Sterling, approximately 65% of students took out student loans averaging $8,508 a year. That adds up to $34,032 over four years for those students.

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Sterling College Undergraduate Student Diversity

124 Full-Time Undergraduates
57% Women
9% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
There are 139 undergraduate students at Sterling, with 124 being full-time and 15 being part-time.

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Gender Diversity

Of the 124 full-time undergraduates at Sterling, 43% are male and 57% are female.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Grads
Asian 4
Black or African American 2
Hispanic or Latino 3
White 91
International Students 6
Other Races/Ethnicities 18

Geographic Diversity

Vermont students aren't the only ones who study at Sterling College. At this time, 13 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 7 countries are represented at Sterling. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Guyana, India, and Burkina Faso.

Sterling College Undergraduate Concentrations

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

Major Bachelor’s TOTAL
Agricultural Production 17 17
Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology 7 7
Outdoor Education 6 6
Liberal Arts General Studies 2 2
TOTAL 32 32

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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