Sterling College
Craftsbury Common, VT · Private · Rural (remote)
Private institution in Craftsbury Common, VT · 66 undergraduates · 92% acceptance rate · $30,573 median earnings 10 years after entry.
- Top 14%Student-faculty ratio
Stats
College Scorecard figures, each with where this school sits nationally among institutions that report the same measure. A dash means the school does not report it.
Cost
- Average net price
- $30,7851,755th cheapest of 1,985 reporting
- In-state tuition & fees
- $40,7601,675th cheapest of 2,042 reporting
- Out-of-state tuition & fees
- $40,7601,650th cheapest of 2,042 reporting
- Cost of attendance
- $52,3001,538th cheapest of 1,985 reporting
- Median graduate debt
- $23,000997th lowest of 1,880 reporting
Outcomes
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $30,5731,878th highest of 1,969 reporting
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $27,1091,822nd highest of 1,964 reporting
- Graduation rate (4-year)
- 42.9%1,433rd highest of 2,031 reporting
- Full-time retention
- 30.0%1,817th highest of 1,853 reporting
Admissions
- Acceptance rate
- 92.3%1,317th most selective of 1,608 reporting
- Average SAT
- —
- Median ACT
- —
Campus
- Undergraduates
- 662,049th largest of 2,162 reporting
- Student-faculty ratio
- 9.0:1304th smallest of 2,159 reporting
- Pell Grant share
- 34.6%966th highest of 2,140 reporting
Nearest large-hub airport: 172 mi (BOS)
List appearances
This school doesn’t place in the top slice of any of our 111 lists. Most lists are Top 25–50, so absence here is common and says little on its own.
Best-paying fields of study
Median earnings one and two years after graduating, by field. Showing 4 of 4 reported programs.
| Field | Level | 1 yr | 2 yr |
|---|---|---|---|
| Agricultural Production OperationsAgriculture | bachelors | — | — |
| Ecology, Evolution, Systematics, and Population BiologyBiological Sciences | bachelors | — | — |
| Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesLiberal Arts | bachelors | — | — |
| Outdoor EducationParks, Recreation & Fitness | bachelors | — | — |
Campus facts
Key links
- Official websitesterlingcollege.edu
- College ScorecardFederal source for every figure above (UNITID 231095)
- Compare colleges in VTRe-score with your weights
- The Most Selective Colleges in VermontEvery eligible four-year in this state, ranked by published admission rate
- Showdown: Sterling College vs Goddard CollegeHigher-or-lower on real Scorecard metrics — round 1 is these two
- Build an admissions plan8th–12th grade actions for this college — sports, activities, timeline
- MethodologyWhat these figures do and do not capture
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- Sticker price is a trapPublished tuition is a starting rumor. Net price is closer to what families actually pay.
- What acceptance rate actually measuresSelectivity is a competition statistic — not a quality score, and not your personal odds.
- A plan from eighth grade — without fake certaintySchool-anchored milestones, sports scarcity honesty, and EC playbooks — not invented admit odds.