The King's University
Private College in Southlake, TX. Six-year graduation rate 33%. Median 10-year earnings $41,471.
Median earnings ten years after entry come to $41,471, below what most undergraduate institutions return — the central fact to weigh against cost here. The six-year graduation rate is 33% — low enough that finishing cannot be treated as the default outcome. Debt is the pressure point: a median of $27,000 at graduation.
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
- ! Debt-to-income ratio 0.65 — elevated (above 0.60)
- ! Graduation rate 33% — below national average
Admissions
An acceptance rate of 61% puts The King's University on the accessible end — a realistic target for a broad range of applicants. With 94 applicants, admissions statistics here move a lot on small changes. Yield is low at 19%, so most admitted students do not end up enrolling.
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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A six-year graduation rate of 33% means finishing is closer to the exception than the rule. 50% first-year retention is low enough to be the defining risk of enrolling here. The two rates sit near each other: few students who return for a second year are missing from the six-year completion figure. 47% of students transfer out, which reframes what the graduation rate above is measuring. At 10:1, students get materially more instructor contact than at a typical public university.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 272 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price is $13,940 a year after grant aid — low for a four-year institution, though your own figure depends on aid eligibility. Net price varies modestly by income — $16,825 at $0–30k against $13,430 at $110k+ — so the average is a fair guide for most families. 68% of students receive grant aid, averaging $5,388 — common but not automatic. 48% of students take federal loans, a middling borrowing rate.
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 · 14 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 | $16,825 |
| $30–48k | $12,674 |
| $48–75k | — |
| $75–110k | $14,343 |
| $110k+ | $13,430 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 130 of these 272 students, totalling $508,152 — an average of $3,909 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Tarrant County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026
Veterans & GI Bill
VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)