Introduction to Sterling You will never think of college quite the same way again...To understand Sterling College you may have to suspend some of your ideas about higher education, about how people learn, and how communities function. There is no other college quite like Sterling, and we hope this website demonstrates that for you. Almost all academics at Sterling combine theory and practice. Here, as elsewhere, traditional academics employ books and computers, writing and thinking, classrooms and labs, pop quizzes and essay questions. At Sterling, that amounts to half an education. The other half is experiential academics, the “practice” in theory and practice. At Sterling we use experiences like hiking and observation, journal keeping and reflection, group dynamics and public speaking, and tools like the axe and the plough, as well as plain hard work. Sterling College educates for life, and that means community is vital if we are to understand how to learn and how to keep learning. In the College dining hall we eat food produced and raised on our own organic farm. In our woodlot we harvest timber for construction and firewood. In our computer labs, we try to understand the relationship of people and community to nature and natural resources. Sterling is one of only seven Work-Learning Service colleges in the nation. We are terrifically proud of that. Those three words define how Sterling views the world close by and far away, how we judge ourselves and how we wish to be judged by others. If you can, come to Craftsbury Common, Vermont, and experience Sterling for yourself. Quick Glance Sterling Factsthe Facts:Typical Class Size —10
Student to Faculty Ratio — 6.5 to 1
Enrolled Students— 125 max
Male-Female Ratio — 5 to 4
Student Body — 24% Vermont, 56% New England, 44% Outside New England
Scholarships— $500 to Full Tuition
Need Based Grants— Up to $15,000
Accreditation — New England Association of Schools and Colleges (NEASC) 1987
the Numbers:25% —Percentage of food served in the dining hall grown on the Sterling Farm and Organic Gardens.
130 —Number of acres of Sterling campus.
300 — Number of acres of our boreal research forest / Center for Northern Studies.
31 — Number of years the Sterling Farm has been in operation.
20 — Number of countries students have visited through our internship program.
16 — Number of buildings on campus.
11 — Number of years Sterling has been a four-year baccalaureate college.
9 — Number of countries you can visit through our Global Field Studies.
4 — Number of ski resorts within 45 minutes of the College.
Areas of StudyMission Statement:The Sterling College community combines structured academic study with experiential challenges and plain hard work to build responsible problem solvers who become stewards of the environment as they pursue productive lives.
AccreditationFull accreditation by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges was granted in 1987.
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