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Sterling College Data & Information Overview

93% Acceptance Rate
Get the facts about Sterling College. Learn how it ranks, what majors it offers, how diverse it is, and much more. Want to know more about a specific stat? Just click on its tile, and you’ll go to a page that goes more in-depth on that subject. You can also use the links below to go directly to any section on this page.

How Well Is Sterling College Ranked?

2025 Rankings

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Overall Quality

Sterling was not ranked in College Factual's 2025 Best Overall Colleges report. This could be for a number of reasons, including lack of data.

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Is It Hard to Get Into Sterling?

93% Acceptance Rate
46% Of Accepted Are Women

Acceptance Rate

With an acceptance rate of 93%, Sterling College is easier to get into than many other schools. But that doesn't mean you can slack off on your application. Make sure to treat this school like any other when submitting requested materials and documents.

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Sterling College Faculty

6 to 1 Student to Faculty
67% Full Time Teachers

Student to Faculty Ratio

The student to faculty ratio is often used to measure the number of teaching resources that a college or university offers its students. The national average for this metric is 15 to 1, but at Sterling it is much better at 6 to 1. That's good news for students who want to interact more on a personal level with their teachers.

Percent of Full-Time Faculty

In addition to the student to faculty ratio, some people look at what percentage of faculty members are full-time as a sign of how much time professors will be able to spend with their students. This is because part-time teachers may not be be on campus as much as their full-time counterparts.

The full-time faculty percentage at Sterling College is 67%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.

Full-Time Faculty Percent  67 out of 100
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Retention and Graduation Rates at Sterling College

75% Freshmen Retention
16% On-Time Graduation Rate

Freshmen Retention Rate

The freshmen retention rate of 75% tells us that most first-year, full-time students like Sterling College enough to come back for another year. This is a fair bit higher than the national average of 68%. That's certainly something to check off in the good column about the school.

Freshmen Retention Rate  75 out of 100
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100

Graduation Rate

The on-time graduation rate is the percent of first-time, full time students who obtain their bachelor's degree in four years or less. This rate is 16% for first-time, full-time students at Sterling, which is lower than the national rate of 33.3%.

On-Time Graduation Rate  16 out of 100
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100

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Sterling College Undergraduate Student Diversity

124 Full-Time Undergraduates
8.9% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
57.3% Percent Women

During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 139 undergraduates at Sterling with 124 being full-time and 15 being part-time.

How Much Does Sterling College Cost?

$19,280 Net Price
65% Take Out Loans
$34,032 Total Student Loans
The overall average net price of Sterling is $19,280. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group. See the table below for the net price for different income groups.

Net Price by Income Group for Sterling

$0-30 K$30K-48K$48-75$75-110K$110K +
$16,203$27,297$21,680$17,486$17,011

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of Sterling, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.

Student Loan Debt

Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. 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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How Much Money Do Sterling Graduates Make?

$30,573 Avg Salary of Grads
High Earnings Boost
The pay for some majors is higher than others, but on average, students who graduate with a bachelor's degree from Sterling make about $30,573 a year during their first few years of employment after graduation. This is about 38% less that the average pay for college graduates overall. However, graduates with your major may make more.

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See which majors at Sterling College make the most money.

Location of Sterling College

Vermont State
124 Full-Time Undergraduates
Rural Campus Setting
Located in Craftsbury Common, Vermont, Sterling College is a private not-for-profit institution. The rural area surrounding Sterling is great for students who love a peaceful atmosphere.

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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/

Sterling College Majors

4 Majors With Completions
60 Undergraduate Degrees
60 Graduate Degrees
During the most recent year for which we have data, students from 4 majors graduated from Sterling College. Of these students, 60 received undergraduate degrees and 60 graduated with a master's or doctor's degree. The following table lists the most popular undergraduate majors along with the average salary graduates from those majors make.

Most Popular MajorsBachelor’s DegreesAverage Salary of Graduates
Agricultural Production9NA
Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology9NA
Liberal Arts General Studies9NA
Outdoor Education3NA

Learn more about the majors offered at Sterling College along with which ones have the highest average starting salaries.

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Notes and References

Footnotes

*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.

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