Sterling College specializes in experiential, outdoor and ecologically-oriented immersion learning experiences in Vermont, the American West, and Kentucky.  We offer programs degrees in fields including outdoor education, ecology, environmental humanities, and sustainable agriculture and food systems.  Our mission is as follows: 

“Sterling College uses education as a force to address the ecological problems caused by unlimited growth and consumption that is destroying the planet as we have known it.  Our mission is to advance ecological thinking and action through affordable experiential learning that prepares people to be knowledgeable, skilled, and responsible leaders in the communities in which they live.”