Education at Sterling College

What traits are you looking for in a education school? To help you decide if Sterling College is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's education program.

Sterling College is located in Sterling, Kansas and approximately 678 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Education section at the bottom of this page.

Sterling College Education Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Education

Online Classes Are Available at Sterling College

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Sterling College does offer online education options in education for the following degree levels for those interested in distance learning:

• Bachelor’s Degree

Sterling College Education Rankings

The education major at Sterling College is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Education. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Education Student Demographics at Sterling College

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the education majors at Sterling College.

Sterling College Education Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 30% of education bachelor's degrees went to men and 70% went to women. The typical education bachelor's degree program is made up of only 19% men. So male students are more repesented at Sterling College since its program graduates 11% more men than average.

About 70% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in education at Sterling College are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Sterling College with a bachelor's in education.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	7
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Concentrations Within Education

If you plan to be a education major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Sterling College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Teacher Education Grade Specific	6
Teacher Education Subject Specific	6

Careers That Education Grads May Go Into

A degree in education can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for KS, the home state for Sterling College.

Occupation	Jobs in KS	Average Salary in KS
Teacher Assistants	19,390	$24,650
Elementary School Teachers	16,320	$51,020
High School Teachers	11,660	$51,490
Middle School Teachers	6,480	$51,790
Coaches and Scouts	3,750	$35,390

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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Sterlingeditor under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.