King University
About
King University is a Presbyterian-affiliated private university in Bristol, Tennessee, United States. Founded in 1867, King is independently governed with covenant affiliations to the Presbyterian Church (USA) and the Evangelical Presbyterian Church (EPC).
Admissions & acceptance rate
First-time freshman admissions: how selective the college is, and how many admitted students choose to enroll.
Graduation rate & outcomes
Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.
Pell equity
Pell recipients graduate at a higher rate than non-Pell students here — unusual and worth investigating.
Program outcomes
Federal Program Performance Data: how each program's graduate earnings and debt measure up under Financial Value Transparency and Gainful Employment.
Of 51 Title IV programs, 11 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 0 fail. 40 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.
Pass / fail distribution
- Passing11 · 21.6%
- No Data40 · 78.4%
- Failing0 · 0.0%
Severity spectrum
Tiers band programs by how far graduate earnings sit above or below the benchmark, from Critical (below −15%) through Safe (above +25%). No data means earnings were privacy-suppressed.
Earnings premium gap
Graduate earnings versus the federal benchmark, worst gaps first.
Debt vs earnings
Median completer debt against median graduate earnings, highest burden first.
Accreditation status & history
Who accredits the institution, current standing, and any past actions.
Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
Programmatic accreditations · 3
Action history · 10
- Dec 2025Grant Substantive Change: DegreeSouthern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
- Dec 2025Grant Substantive Change: ProgramSouthern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
- Dec 2024Heightened Monitoring or Focused ReviewSouthern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
- Apr 2024Heightened Monitoring or Focused ReviewSouthern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
- Sep 2022Grant Substantive Change: ProgramSouthern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
Tuition & cost
What families actually pay, broken down by family income.
Net price by family income
Negative values mean aid exceeds the published cost of attendance for that income band.
Federal aid volume & trends
Pell grants and federal Direct Loan volume disbursed to students, and how they've trended.
In AY 2024–25, 566 students received $3.3M in Pell grants, alongside $9.1M in federal Direct Loans.
Pell recipients · 5-year trend
Loan volume by type · AY 2024–25
Loan awards count each loan type a student holds, not unique borrowers; one student may carry several (e.g. subsidized and unsubsidized), so the per-type figures are the reliable detail.
Student loan default rate
The share of student borrowers who default on federal loans within three years, against the national benchmark.
Of 882 borrowers who entered repayment, 19 (2.1%) defaulted within three years — below the 2.3% national rate.
Default rate vs national, by cohort
* Cohorts 2020 and later read near 0% because the federal COVID-19 payment pause (CARES Act) suspended defaults nationwide. These years reflect a national policy, not institutional performance; the 2019 cohort is the last measured under normal repayment.
Academic programs at King
Top program areas ranked by completions.
Top program families by completions
Enrollment trends & demographics
Fall headcount, 12-month unduplicated enrollment, and student body composition.
Gender split
Race / ethnicity composition
Athletics & Title IX gender equity
How athletic participation, aid, and spending are split between men and women.
Men vs women · spending splits
Sport-by-sport · 11
Campus safety & crime statistics
Reported on-campus crimes over the last three years, including violence and hate crimes.
3-year trend
Criminal offenses by type
By location
- On campus1
Includes 1 in residence halls (a subset of on-campus, not added to the total).
VAWA offenses
Hate crimes by bias
No hate crimes reported.
Arrests vs disciplinary referrals
Residence-hall fires
Student-faculty ratio
Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.
King vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions King selected for federal comparison reporting.
A larger shape on any axis means this institution outperforms its peers on that dimension. For acceptance rate and net price, lower raw values are inverted so "more selective" and "more affordable" appear larger.
| Carnegie | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SubjectKing University | 48% | — | 1,157 | $23,508 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs |
Anderson University | 66% | 54.7% | 4,710 | $28,183 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs |
Barton College | 46% | 94.2% | 1,235 | $23,665 | Baccalaureate |
Belhaven University | 49% | 49.8% | 4,213 | $22,078 | Doctoral/Professional |
Campbellsville University | 42% | 79.7% | 10,836 | $18,246 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs |
Carson-Newman University | 53% | 90.4% | 2,669 | $18,661 | Doctoral/Professional |
Catawba College | 47% | 75.2% | 1,376 | $18,210 | Baccalaureate |
Covenant College | 69% | 86.5% | 1,100 | $24,832 | Baccalaureate |
Erskine College | 45% | 62.7% | 912 | $22,018 | Doctoral/Professional |
Lee University | 63% | 70.5% | 3,714 | $20,399 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs |
Lees-McRae College | 42% | 76.8% | 910 | $25,765 | Baccalaureate |
Limestone University | 34% | 97.3% | 1,807 | $20,415 | Baccalaureate |
Lincoln Memorial University | 47% | 62.6% | 6,081 | $17,999 | Doctoral/Professional |
Mars Hill University | 45% | 67.9% | 1,110 | $20,313 | Baccalaureate |
Milligan University | 63% | 72.3% | 1,240 | $21,131 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs |
Montreat College | 48% | 69.2% | 962 | $26,328 | Baccalaureate |
Pfeiffer University | 35% | 96.0% | 889 | $21,953 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs |
Southern Wesleyan University | 57% | 99.5% | 980 | $19,968 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Small Programs |
Tusculum University | 25% | 72.2% | 1,103 | $22,874 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs |
University of Mount Olive | 48% | 75.8% | 2,109 | $17,893 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Small Programs |
| Peer group median | 48% | 75.2% | 1,238 | $21,542 |
King Institutional Research office
The IR team responsible for the institution's federal reporting.
The page provides a navigation list with links to various sections of King University's website, including resources for current students, faculty and staff, parents, alumni, and community engagement. Additionally, it includes links to various university offices and informational resources, but lacks specific details about the Office of Institutional Research or equivalent office.
Visit IR office page- Jason TheadDirector of Institutional Research and Assessment
Research funding
External research funding from NSF, NIH, HERD, and federal spending sources.
Reports & documents (1)
Dashboards, factbooks, data dictionaries, and other reference material published by the IR office.
Notable alumni of King (23)
A curated list of alumni recognized for notable achievements across industries.
- Haley AugelloAthletics
- James McDonald Chaney
- Tywan ClaxtonAthletics
- Donald S. CoffeyScience
- Christian H. CooperFinance
- Patricia CornwellLiterature
- Rodney D. FoggMilitary
- Alexander W. GreggPolitics
- Mike HeltonSports
- Sarah HildebrandtAthletics
- Anne KirkpatrickLaw Enforcement
- William Laird IIIPolitics
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