Sterling College was included as one of only 25 schools in the Midwest who were named to the 2024 U.S. News & World Report list for Social Mobility. The list highlights “colleges [that] are more successful than others at advancing social mobility by enrolling and graduating large proportions of disadvantaged students.” 

The 2024 U.S. News & World Report Best Colleges rankings were calculated “using 19 key measures of academic quality for National Universities and 13 indicators for the National Liberal Arts Colleges, Regional Universities and Regional Colleges. Each school's ranking factors were calculated and compared with the mean and standard deviation values of other schools' to create a normalized score. Then, these normalized scores were weighted and summed to arrive at each school's final overall score.”

“We are proud to be included on the 2024 U.S. News & World Report list for Social Mobility. Sterling College has kept its mission at the forefront to develop creative and thoughtful leaders who understand a maturing Christian faith. That allows us to focus on our students on how we can help guide them to success,” said Mitzi Suhler, vice president for enrollment services.

Sterling College is a Christ-centered, four-year college located in Sterling, Kansas, with a mission to develop creative and thoughtful leaders who understand a maturing Christian faith. For more information, visit www.sterling.edu.