Sterling College Business Programs

Sterling College is a private not-for-profit institution located 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
Facebook:	http://www.facebook.com/sterlingcollege
Twitter:	http://www.twitter.com/sterlingclife

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 37%, 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 78% of accepted students are men and 22% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 36%, and the acceptance rate for women is 42%.

Average Test Scores

About 37% 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 460 and 540. Math scores were between 440 and 540.

Sterling College received ACT scores from 68% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 15 and 26. Math scores were between 16 and 26. 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

Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At Sterling College, approximately 77% of students took out student loans averaging $6,465 a year. That adds up to $25,860 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Sterling College is 8.5%. Although this is lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, you'll still want to keep this in mind when taking out student loans.

Sterling College Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 665 undergraduate students at Sterling College, with 529 being full-time and 136 being part-time.

There are also 13 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 529 full-time undergraduates at Sterling College, 60% are male and 40% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	6
Black or African American	82
Hispanic or Latino	66
White	287
International Students	23
Other Races/Ethnicities	65

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

In 2019-2020, 107 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 Affordability Rankings of Sterling College

During the most recent year for which we have data, the full-time undergraduate tuition at Sterling College was $27,300 for both in-state and out-of-state students. The following table shows how Sterling College is ranked for affordability for both in-state and out-of-state students among colleges and universities that are not mostly online.

Major	Tuition for In-State Students	Tuition for Out-of-State Students
Other Business, Management & Marketing	#27	#21
Business Management & Marketing	#27	#21

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 #575 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at Sterling College regardless of major.

The table below shows how the average growth rate over 4 years at Sterling College ranks compared to all other partially online schools that offer a specific major. Note that the majors may or may not be offered online at Sterling College.

Major	Growth Rate Rank
Other Business, Management & Marketing	#13
Business Management & Marketing	#13

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%.

Sterling College Business Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Bachelor’s	TOTAL
General Business Administration and Management	26	26
Business Management & Marketing	8	8
TOTAL	34	34

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.