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
- $30,7851,744th cheapest of 1,969 reporting
- In-state tuition & fees
- $40,7601,658th cheapest of 2,024 reporting
- Out-of-state tuition & fees
- $40,7601,633rd cheapest of 2,024 reporting
- Cost of attendance
- $52,3001,524th cheapest of 1,969 reporting
- Median graduate debt
- $23,000990th lowest of 1,865 reporting
Outcomes
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $30,5731,865th highest of 1,954 reporting
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $27,1091,811th highest of 1,950 reporting
- Graduation rate (4-year)
- 42.9%1,419th highest of 2,014 reporting
- Full-time retention
- 30.0%1,802nd highest of 1,837 reporting
Admissions
- Acceptance rate
- 92.3%1,305th most selective of 1,596 reporting
- Average SAT
- —
- Median ACT
- —
Campus
- Undergraduates
- 662,034th largest of 2,144 reporting
- Student-faculty ratio
- 9.0:1298th smallest of 2,141 reporting
- Pell Grant share
- 34.6%954th highest of 2,122 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
Similar-size colleges
Nearest undergraduate enrollment to Sterling College’s 66 (College Scorecard UGDS, compiled 2026-10-24). Size only — not a judgment of similarity or quality.
In VT
- SIT Graduate InstituteBrattleboro, VT · 0 undergrads
- Landmark CollegePutney, VT · 480 undergrads
- Bennington CollegeBennington, VT · 759 undergrads
- Saint Michael's CollegeColchester, VT · 1,157 undergrads
- Norwich UniversityNorthfield, VT · 2,490 undergrads
- Middlebury CollegeMiddlebury, VT · 2,785 undergrads
Elsewhere
- Southeastern Baptist CollegeLaurel, MS · 65 undergrads
- Yeshivat Hechal ShemuelBrooklyn, NY · 65 undergrads
- American Jewish UniversityLos Angeles, CA · 69 undergrads
- California Northstate UniversityElk Grove, CA · 69 undergrads
- Geisinger Commonwealth School of MedicineScranton, PA · 63 undergrads
- Heritage Christian UniversityFlorence, AL · 63 undergrads
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
- Compare with SIT Graduate InstituteSide by side on every Scorecard measure — closest in-state school by enrollment
- Showdown: Sterling College vs SIT Graduate InstituteHigher-or-lower on real Scorecard metrics — round 1 is these two
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