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# Sterling College

Small rural Kansas college focused on business and management with a 53% acceptance rate.

## Record

- **Coordinates**: 38.219937, -98.208644

### Summary

Small rural Kansas college focused on business and management with a 53% acceptance rate.

### Description

Sterling College is a small, private not-for-profit four-year institution located in Sterling, Kansas, in a rural setting. The college emphasizes business, management, marketing, and related support services as its primary undergraduate focus, serving a student population of 707.

Annual tuition is $31,500 for both in-state and out-of-state students, with a total cost of attendance of $41,461 when room and board are included. The college admitted 53% of applicants in its most recent admissions cycle.

Sterling College is classified as a professions-focused baccalaureate institution and falls into the Higher Access, Medium Earnings category on the Economic Mobility Index. The school is best suited for students seeking a small-college environment with a practical focus on business preparation. For more information, visit www.sterling.edu/.

### Attributes

- **Unit ID**: 155,937
- **State**: KS
- **City**: Sterling
- **Address**: 125 W. Cooper
- **Zip Code**: 67579
- **Sector Group**: Private Not-for-Profit 4-Year or Above
- **Official Website**: www.sterling.edu/
- **HBCU**: No
- **Tribal College**: No
- **Setting**: Rural
- **Annual In-State Tuition**: $31,500
- **Annual Out-of-State Tuition**: $31,500
- **Total Cost of Attendance (In-State)**: $41,461
- **Total Cost of Attendance (Out-of-State)**: $41,461
- **Room and Board**: $9,961
- **Total Student Enrollment**: 707
- **Acceptance Rate**: 53%
- **Endowment (End of Year)**: $13,527,024
- **Carnegie Classification**: Professions-focused Baccalaureate Small
- **Research Activity Tier**: No research designation
- **Economic Mobility Index**: Higher Access, Medium Earnings
- **Primary Undergraduate Major**: Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services