Craftsbury Common, VT · Private · 50 undergraduates · rural
Sterling College
Less selective
An environmentally focused college where working with land, food, and ecological systems is part of everyday academic life.
Institutional profile
Regionally focused Solid in mobility, and steady in affordability.- Admission
- 92.3% admitted
- Price by income
- Varies across five income ranges
- Completion
- 50.5%
52 applicants in the reported year
Compare recent average annual costs by household income
$30,573 median earnings 10 years after enrollment
What sets Sterling College apart
Academic design
Programs center on ecology, environmental humanities, sustainable agriculture and food systems, outdoor education, and related self-designed study, with fieldwork and practical skills embedded in courses.
Campus pattern
Craftsbury Common provides a rural Vermont setting where farms, forests, kitchens, trails, and community work function as learning spaces as much as classrooms do.
Defining feature
An environmentally focused college where working with land, food, and ecological systems is part of everyday academic life.
Can I get in?
92.3% admitted
Start with academic preparation, then show why this particular academic and campus environment fits you.
Recent applicant pool
52About 92 in every 100 applicants were admitted.
Record over scores
No score range is published for the entering class, so the transcript, the course rigor, and the required materials carry the file.
In the season card
Where your GPA sits in the entering class
The full entering-class GPA distribution for Sterling College, in nine bands from 4.0 down, with your own record marked on it.
See where I landIn the season card
What Sterling College weighs when it reads a file
See how this college describes the role of grades, testing, essays, recommendations, activities, and demonstrated interest.
- Course rigor
- GPA
- Test scores
- Essay
- Recommendations
- Extracurriculars
- Demonstrated interest
What moves the application
The evidence that separates a strong file
Show preparation for this curriculum
Programs center on ecology, environmental humanities, sustainable agriculture and food systems, outdoor education, and related self-designed study, with fieldwork and practical skills embedded in courses.
Make the fit specific
An environmentally focused college where working with land, food, and ecological systems is part of everyday academic life.
Account for the tradeoff
Keep academic direction and school-specific choices coherent across the application.
How to apply
Rounds, route, and required materials
Build the calendar around the earliest realistic application round and make the school-specific case concrete.
$0 application fee
Can I afford it?
Compare annual cost by household income.
Start with the average net price for your income range, then set that estimate beside your other realistic options.
In the season card
Average annual cost by household income at Sterling College
Compare recent average net prices across five federal income ranges and estimate a 4-year cost for yours.
- $0–30k
- $30–48k
- $48–75k
- $75–110k
- $110k+
Is it worth it?
Completion, debt, and earnings
An environmentally focused college where working with land, food, and ecological systems is part of everyday academic life.
Degree completion across the reported entering cohort
First-year students who return for year two
And what that comes to against what they earn.
Reported 10 years after enrollment
Academic portfolio
Largest bachelor’s fields
How many students finish in each field, and median earnings four years after completing the program.
Agricultural Production Operations
Ecology, Evolution, Systematics, and Population Biology
Outdoor Education
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities
What is campus life like?
Sterling College beyond the classroom
Craftsbury Common provides a rural Vermont setting where farms, forests, kitchens, trails, and community work function as learning spaces as much as classrooms do.
A defining academic feature
Programs center on ecology, environmental humanities, sustainable agriculture and food systems, outdoor education, and related self-designed study, with fieldwork and practical skills embedded in courses.
What shapes an ordinary week
Craftsbury Common provides a rural Vermont setting where farms, forests, kitchens, trails, and community work function as learning spaces as much as classrooms do.
What changes the experience
An environmentally focused college where working with land, food, and ecological systems is part of everyday academic life.