King University
Private College in Bristol, TN. Six-year graduation rate 49%. Median 10-year earnings $59,831.
The median ten-year earnings figure of $59,831 sits near the national middle rather than at either extreme. Six-year completion sits at 49%, near the national average for undergraduate institutions. Graduates carry a median of $22,750 in debt — in line with the national norm.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
- ! Mobility score 0.0 — limited economic uplift documented
Admissions
Admission is not the constraint here: 100% of applicants are accepted. Only 725 students applied, so treat these rates as directional — small pools swing sharply between cycles. About 20% of admitted students enroll, a yield in the normal range.
Test score bands (middle 50% of submitters)
These bands describe the enrolled first-years who submitted a score, not the entering class. Where most students apply test-optional the submitters are a self-selected, higher-scoring group.
| Test | 25th–75th percentile | Submitted |
|---|---|---|
| SAT Evidence-Based Reading | — | — |
| SAT Math | — | |
| ACT Composite | — | — |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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Six-year completion sits at 49%, meaning about one in two students who enroll leave without finishing. Retention of 60% means a meaningful slice of each entering class does not return. With 38% transferring out, this functions substantially as a stepping stone. At 11:1, students get materially more instructor contact than at a typical public university. Judge these figures against other institutions of the same type — sector explains more of the variation in completion than any single campus factor.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 975 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price after grant aid is $22,748 a year — mid-range for a four-year institution. The gap between the $0–30k and $110k+ bands is narrow ($22,696 versus $27,219), meaning aid is not strongly need-weighted. Grant aid is widespread — 86% of students receive it, averaging $21,157. Borrowing is widespread: 61% take federal loans.
Entering first-year students
A different, smaller group than the rates above: full-time students in their first year of college anywhere. The grant series here also excludes the "other sources" counted in the all-undergraduate figure, so the two are not comparable.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · 163 students
Net price by family income
The same students as the headline above, limited to those who received Title IV federal aid — a narrower group, with a lower overall average. IPEDS publishes no combined figure across these bands, so they should not be averaged into one.
| Family income band | Average net price |
|---|---|
| $0–30k | $22,696 |
| $30–48k | $17,677 |
| $48–75k | $18,035 |
| $75–110k | $21,188 |
| $110k+ | $27,219 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 594 of these 975 students, totalling $4,173,689 — an average of $7,026 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Sullivan County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026
Veterans & GI Bill
Heightened Cash Monitoring (Financial Responsibility); School placed on Heightened Cash Monitoring
VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)