
Sterling's reported sports offerings centered on outdoor participation: cross-country running, cross-country skiing, and riflery. Historical student-group listings also included a Nordic Ski Team, Trail Running Team, and Shooting Club.
A listed team or activity does not establish NCAA varsity status, an athletic scholarship, or a current competition schedule. Students who want organized competition should verify the team's present activity, coaching, travel expectations, and eligibility rules rather than assuming these activities operate like a large-college athletics department.
Sterling's historical student-group listings included an Environmental and Social Justice Club and an Outdoor Club, alongside groups devoted to skiing, running, and shooting. These examples reflect interests connected to the college's academic setting, but a historical listing does not confirm that each group is active now.
At a very small institution, opportunities to participate can depend heavily on the students enrolled in a given term. Prospective students seeking a particular club, arts activity, or leadership role should ask who currently organizes it and how new members join.
Sterling reported 57 enrolled students in the 2024-25 institutional figures, making it a very small college. The same reporting period recorded five first-time degree-seeking students and ten transfer-in students.
The age figures show that students in their early twenties formed a substantial part of the reported population, rather than the campus consisting only of recent high school graduates. A geographic measure reported first-time students from other U.S. states rather than Vermont; it should not be generalized to every enrolled student. With numbers this small, a single student can noticeably change a demographic percentage from one year to the next.
Everyday life at Sterling historically combined a small residential campus with outdoor learning and shared community activities. In the reported housing profile, 85% of students lived on campus and 8% commuted, so campus routines likely mattered to many students' schedules.
The historical campus profile also identified personal or psychological counseling and a drama or theater group. Availability, staffing, and access rules for any service may change; a student who would rely on counseling or another support service should confirm how it is delivered for the intended term.
Brown Library was Sterling's main campus library. The historical library profile recorded one campus library and study areas with around-the-clock access on specified days.
For research-intensive work, students should verify current access to librarians, databases, journals, borrowing, and interlibrary loan, as well as whether study-space hours differ from staffed service hours. A building being open late does not necessarily mean research help is available at the same time.
Total enrollment
57Full Time Degree Seeking Freshmen
5Total staff
7 full time, 1 part timeVeterans affair office
YesVarsity teams compete against other colleges, intramural teams within the school. Each column says whether men, women or both take part, and whether the sport offers athletic scholarships (Aid).
Sport
Cross-country running
Riflery
Skiing (cross-country)
Data last updated on November 5, 2026
Data sources: IPEDS 2024-25, Peterson 2026, College Scorecard 10/2026, Clery 2024 (2023-24), OpenAlex 2026
Figures on this profile come from federal and third-party datasets in the editions listed above and are refreshed periodically, so they may differ from what the institution currently reports. Confirm costs, deadlines and requirements with the school before making decisions.