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King University

Bristol, Tennessee·Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above·Southeast·king.edu
6-yr Graduation
48%
+0.5pp vs Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
Total enrollment
1,157
peer median 1,238
Avg net price
$22,347
+$2.3k vs Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
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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.

IPEDS
Applied
725
725 candidates competed
Admitted
723
99.7% acceptance rate
Enrolled
147
20.3% yield

Graduation rate & outcomes

Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.

IPEDS
Overall completion
48%+0.5pp vs Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
4-year graduation
45%
6-year graduation (bachelor’s)
49%
Full-time retention
60%

Pell equity

6.9pp gap
Pell recipients
44%35 of 80
Non-Pell (all)
51%55 of 108
Subsidized loan, no Pell
42%21 of 50
No Federal Aid
59%34 of 58

Non-Pell students graduate at a 6.9-point higher rate than Pell recipients.

Source: IPEDS Graduation Rates (GR) — Pell/SSL cohort, 2024 cohort.

Program outcomes

Federal Program Performance Data: how each program's graduate earnings and debt measure up under Financial Value Transparency and Gainful Employment.

FVT/GE

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.

Total programs
51
Passing
11
21.6% of portfolio
Failing (GE)
0
0.0% of portfolio
Fail rate
0.0%
-0.6pp vs 0.6% national

Pass / fail distribution

51programs
  • Passing11 · 21.6%
  • No Data40 · 78.4%
  • Failing0 · 0.0%

Severity spectrum

Critical
0
Severe
0
Recoverable
0
At Risk
0
Watch
1
Safe
10
No data
40

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.

11
Psychology General
Bachelor Degree · Psychology
+23.7%
$40,796 vs $32,989
Teacher Education and Professional Development Specific Levels and Methods
Bachelor Degree · Education
+34.0%
$44,219 vs $32,989
Business Administration Management and Operations
Master's Degree · Business, Management, Marketing, And Related Support Services
+38.2%
$71,222 vs $51,545
Criminal Justice and Corrections
Bachelor Degree · Security And Protective Services
+47.9%
$48,784 vs $32,989
Health and Medical Administrative Services
Bachelor Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
+65.3%
$54,530 vs $32,989
Communication and Media Studies
Bachelor Degree · Communication, Journalism, And Related Programs
+78.2%
$58,770 vs $32,989
Business Administration Management and Operations
Bachelor Degree · Business, Management, Marketing, And Related Support Services
+80.6%
$59,591 vs $32,989
Registered Nursing Nursing Administration Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing
Master's Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
+99.5%
$102,808 vs $51,545

Debt vs earnings

Median completer debt against median graduate earnings, highest burden first.

9
Business Administration Management and Operations
Master's Degree · Business, Management, Marketing, And Related Support Services
58%
$41,000 debt · $71,222 earn
Psychology General
Bachelor Degree · Psychology
50%
$20,535 debt · $40,796 earn
Registered Nursing Nursing Administration Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing
Master's Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
49%
$50,428 debt · $102,808 earn
Teacher Education and Professional Development Specific Levels and Methods
Bachelor Degree · Education
49%
$21,500 debt · $44,219 earn
Health and Medical Administrative Services
Bachelor Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
46%
$24,863 debt · $54,530 earn
Criminal Justice and Corrections
Bachelor Degree · Security And Protective Services
38%
$18,575 debt · $48,784 earn
Business Administration Management and Operations
Bachelor Degree · Business, Management, Marketing, And Related Support Services
35%
$21,112 debt · $59,591 earn
Computer and Information Sciences General
Bachelor Degree · Computer And Information Sciences And Support Services
33%
$24,728 debt · $75,435 earn

Accreditation status & history

Who accredits the institution, current standing, and any past actions.

DAPIP
AccreditedInstitutional accreditor

Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges

Accredited since 1947Next review Dec 2028

Programmatic accreditations · 3

Action history · 10

  1. Dec 2025Grant Substantive Change: Degree
    Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
  2. Dec 2025Grant Substantive Change: Program
    Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
  3. Dec 2024Heightened Monitoring or Focused Review
    Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
  4. Apr 2024Heightened Monitoring or Focused Review
    Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
  5. Sep 2022Grant Substantive Change: Program
    Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Tuition & cost

What families actually pay, broken down by family income.

College Scorecard

Net price by family income

Aid exceeds costFamily pays
$0–30k$22,696
$30–48k$17,677
$48–75k$18,035
$75–110k$21,188
$110k+$27,219

Negative values mean aid exceeds the published cost of attendance for that income band.

Avg net price (private)
$22,347
+$2,267vs Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs median $20,081
Federal loans
55.2%
In-state tuition
$36,194
Out-of-state
$36,194

Federal aid volume & trends

Pell grants and federal Direct Loan volume disbursed to students, and how they've trended.

Federal Student Aid

In AY 2024–25, 571 students received $3.4M in Pell grants, alongside $9.1M in federal Direct Loans.

Pell recipients
571
AY 2024–25
Pell disbursed
$3.4M
$3,355,216 total
Direct Loans
$9.1M
1,444 loan awards

Pell recipients · 5-year trend

1k
’20
1k
’21
1k
’22
1k
’23
1k
’24

Loan volume by type · AY 2024–25

Subsidized$2.1M
545 loan awards
Unsubsidized · UG$2.6M
576 loan awards
Unsubsidized · Grad$3.1M
226 loan awards
Parent PLUS$930K
65 loan awards
Grad PLUS$327K
32 loan awards

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.

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Student loan default rate

The share of student borrowers who default on federal loans within three years, against the national benchmark.

Cohort Default Rate

Of 882 borrowers who entered repayment, 19 (2.1%) defaulted within three years — below the 2.3% national rate.

Default rate
2.1%
-0.2pp vs 2.3% national
Borrowers in repayment
882
Defaulted
19
Measurement window
3 years
Federal CDR standard

Default rate vs national, by cohort

2016
6.7%
2017
6.3%
2018
4.7%
2019
2.1%
2020*
0.0%
This institutionNational rate

* 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.

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Academic programs at King

Top program areas ranked by completions.

IPEDS
Distinct CIP programs49
UndergraduateOffered
GraduateOffered

Top program families by completions

356 total completions
01Business
10228.7%
02Health Professions
9727.2%
03Public Admin
5314.9%
04Education
226.2%
05Parks/Recreation
195.3%
06Psychology
185.1%
07Biological Sciences
133.7%
08Computer Sciences
123.4%
09Social Sciences
102.8%
10Security/Protective
102.8%

Enrollment trends & demographics

Fall headcount, 12-month unduplicated enrollment, and student body composition.

IPEDS
Fall total
1,157
12-mo unduplicated
1,618
Undergraduate
1,242
Graduate
376

Gender split

Men
35%570
Women
65%1,048

Race / ethnicity composition

White
73.1%
Two or more
7.3%
Black
5.8%
Non-resident
5.6%
Hispanic
5.1%
Unknown
2.0%
American Indian / Alaska Native
0.7%
Asian
0.3%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander
0.1%

Athletics & Title IX gender equity

How athletic participation, aid, and spending are split between men and women.

EADA
Athletes
431
241 M · 190 W
Women athletes
44.1%
Athletic aid
$4.0M
Total student aid
Budget
$7.2M
Total expenses

Men vs women · spending splits

Athletic student aid
$2.1M
$1.8M
Recruiting expense
$0
$0
Head-coach salaries
$38K
$38K
Men Women

Sport-by-sport · 11

Other Sports
36 M · 59 W
$518K
Track and Field and Cross Country (combined)
58 M · 31 W
$648K
Soccer
39 M · 25 W
$591K
Wrestling
36 M · 23 W
$827K
Baseball
48 M · —
$320K
Basketball
25 M · 15 W
$930K

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Campus safety & crime statistics

Reported on-campus crimes over the last three years, including violence and hate crimes.

Clery Act
Criminal offenses · per 1,000 students
2.32
3 offenses · 1,295 students

3-year trend

4.832 yrs ago0.741 yr ago2.32Latest
Offenses · 3-yr
12
Last three years
VAWA · 3-yr
3
DV, dating, stalking
Hate crimes · 3-yr
0
Res-hall fires · 3-yr
0

Criminal offenses by type

Burglary
3

By location

3total
  • On campus3

Includes 2 in residence halls (a subset of on-campus, not added to the total).

VAWA offenses

3
Domestic violence
0
Dating violence
0
Stalking
3 total under the Violence Against Women Act.

Hate crimes by bias

No hate crimes reported.

Arrests vs disciplinary referrals

CategoryArrestsReferrals
Weapons22
Drugs12
Liquor64

Residence-hall fires

No residence-hall fires reported.

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Student-faculty ratio

Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.

IPEDS
Student-to-faculty
11.0:1
Instructional staff (full-time equivalent)
62

King vs Peer comparison

The peer institutions King selected for federal comparison reporting.

IPEDS
GraduationRetentionSelectivityEnrollmentAffordabilityYield
This institutionPeer median

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$22,347Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
Anderson University
66%54.7%4,710$23,544Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
Barton College
46%94.2%1,235$23,626Baccalaureate
Belhaven University
49%49.8%4,213$15,676Doctoral/Professional
Campbellsville University
42%79.7%10,836$19,341Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
Carson-Newman University
53%90.4%2,669$20,251Doctoral/Professional
Catawba College
47%75.2%1,376$17,879Baccalaureate
Covenant College
69%86.5%1,100$26,265Baccalaureate
Erskine College
45%62.7%912$16,525Doctoral/Professional
Lee University
63%70.5%3,714$18,878Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs
Lees-McRae College
42%76.8%910$28,340Baccalaureate
Limestone University
34%97.3%1,807$19,588Baccalaureate
Lincoln Memorial University
47%62.6%6,081$20,406Doctoral/Professional
Mars Hill University
45%67.9%1,110$19,910Baccalaureate
Milligan University
63%72.3%1,240$21,365Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs
Montreat College
48%69.2%962$27,061Baccalaureate
Pfeiffer University
35%96.0%889$19,076Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs
Southern Wesleyan University
57%99.5%980$15,464Masters Colleges & Universities: Small Programs
Tusculum University
25%72.2%1,103$21,131Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs
University of Mount Olive
48%75.8%2,109$18,853Masters Colleges & Universities: Small Programs
Peer group median48%75.2%1,238$20,081

Institutions like King

Explore the federal data for institutions in King's comparison group.

IPEDS

King Institutional Research office

The IR team responsible for the institution's federal reporting.

Office
Phone
423-652-6325

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
Team
1 member
  • Jason Thead
    Director of Institutional Research and Assessment

Research funding

External research funding from NSF, NIH, HERD, and federal spending sources.

NSF
NIH awards
$4,780,614
USA Spending
$4,501,089
All sources
$9,281,703

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 Augello
    Athletics
  • James McDonald Chaney
  • Tywan Claxton
    Athletics
  • Donald S. Coffey
    Science
  • Christian H. Cooper
    Finance
  • Patricia Cornwell
    Literature
  • Rodney D. Fogg
    Military
  • Alexander W. Gregg
    Politics
  • Mike Helton
    Sports
  • Sarah Hildebrandt
    Athletics
  • Anne Kirkpatrick
    Law Enforcement
  • William Laird III
    Politics
Showing 1–12 of 23
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Frequently asked questions about King University

Quick answers to the questions most often asked about King.

What is the graduation rate at King University?

King University reports a 6-year graduation rate of 48% per the latest IPEDS.

How many students attend King University?

King University reports a total enrollment of 1,157 students per the latest IPEDS.

What is the average net price at King University?

The average net price at King University is $22,347 per the latest College Scorecard. Net price is the published cost of attendance minus grant aid.

What is the yield rate at King University?

King University's yield rate is 20.3%, the share of admitted students who enrolled, per the latest IPEDS.

Where is King University located?

King University is located in Bristol, Tennessee 37620-2699.

About the data on this page

Every figure comes from an official federal or public source. Here is each one and the release it is currently on.

IPEDS2025 provisional data (Fall 2025–26 release, July 28, 2026)
Enrollment, completions, graduation rates, tuition, financial aid, staffing, and finance for every U.S. institution in federal student aid programs.
National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education
College ScorecardJune 10, 2026 release (merged 2025–26 files)
Institution and field-of-study costs, graduate earnings, debt, completion, and admissions outcomes compiled from federal aid records, tax data, and IPEDS.
U.S. Department of Education
FVT/GE program performanceProvisional preview, May 18, 2026 release
Program-level debt-to-earnings and earnings-premium measures behind the FVT/GE and STATS accountability frameworks.
U.S. Department of Education
DAPIP accreditationContinuously refreshed
Accreditation status for institutions and programs, reported by recognized accrediting agencies.
U.S. Department of Education, Office of Postsecondary Education
Federal Pell Grant volumeAY 2025–26 (through Q3), through March 31, 2026
Pell Grant recipient counts, award amounts, and disbursements by institution and award year.
U.S. Department of Education, Federal Student Aid
Federal student loan volumeAY 2025–26 (through Q3), through March 31, 2026
Federal Direct Loan recipient counts and disbursement volume by institution and award year.
U.S. Department of Education, Federal Student Aid
Cohort Default RatesFY 2022 official rates
Institution-level federal student loan default rates, measuring borrowers who default within three years of entering repayment.
U.S. Department of Education, Federal Student Aid
Equity in Athletics (EADA)Academic year 2024–25
Athletics participation, coaching, revenues, and expenses by sport and gender for Title IV institutions.
U.S. Department of Education, Office of Postsecondary Education
Campus Safety & SecurityData through reporting year 2024
Criminal offenses, arrests, disciplinary actions, VAWA offenses, and fire statistics reported by campus under the Clery Act.
U.S. Department of Education, Office of Postsecondary Education
Last reviewed July 2026All data sources & release dates →

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