Sterling College Teaching Programs

Sterling College is a private not-for-profit institution situated in Sterling, Kansas. Students who love country life may enjoy the rural location of Sterling College.

Where Is Sterling College?

Contact details for Sterling College are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	125 W. Cooper, Sterling, KS 67579
Phone:	620-278-2173
Website:	www.sterling.edu

How Do I Get Into Sterling College?

You can apply to Sterling College online at: https://www.sterling.edu/admissions/apply-today

Admission Requirements for Sterling College

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	Required
High School Rank	Recommended
High School Transcript	Required
College Prep Program	Recommended
Recommendations	Neither required nor recommended
SAT or ACT Scores	Considered but not required
TOEFL	Required

How Hard Is It To Get Into Sterling College?

Sterling College has a fairly low acceptance rate of 47%, which makes it more selective than most schools. Take time to make sure you submit all the requested materials and you prepare the application in full. You don't want to get denied right off the bat due to an incomplete application!

Approximately 86% of accepted students are men and 14% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 48%, and the acceptance rate for women is 46%.

Average Test Scores

About 12% of students accepted to Sterling College submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 498 and 573. Math scores were between 498 and 593.

Sterling College received ACT scores from 33% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 16 and 25. Math scores were between 17 and 24. Composite scores were between 18 and 25.

Can I Afford Sterling College?

The overall average net price of Sterling College is $25,827. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At Sterling College, approximately 71% of students took out student loans averaging $7,027 a year. That adds up to $28,108 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Sterling College is 2.8%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

Sterling College Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 686 undergraduate students at Sterling College, with 548 being full-time and 138 being part-time.

There are also 14 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 548 full-time undergraduates at Sterling College, 62% are male and 38% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Sterling College students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	2
Black or African American	79
Hispanic or Latino	72
White	299
International Students	36
Other Races/Ethnicities	60

Geographic Diversity

Kansas students aren't the only ones who study at Sterling College. At this time, 17 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 15 countries are represented at Sterling College. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Canada, South Korea, and United Kingdom.

Online Learning at Sterling College

There are 12 bachelor’s degree and 3 master’s degree programs available online at Sterling College. In 2020-2021, 155 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at Sterling College has changed over the last few years.

Online Growth Rankings of Sterling College

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Sterling College was 49.0%. This is the #478 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at Sterling College regardless of major.

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

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
• Image Credit: By Sterlingeditor under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.