Private nonprofit · University

The King's University

Southlake, Texas · Large suburb

60.6%
Admit rate
$14,140
Avg net price
47%
Graduation rate
$41,471
Median earnings

The King's University is a private nonprofit bachelor's-granting institution in Southlake, Texas (large suburb setting), enrolling 251 undergraduates. It has a Interdenominational religious affiliation.

Private nonprofitSmall · 251 undergradsLarge suburbAccessible · 61% admit

About Southlake, Texas

Southlake is a city located predominantly in Tarrant County with minor areas extending into Denton County in the U.S. state of Texas. Before incorporation, the settlements of Whites Chapel, Dove, Union Church, and Jellico made up present-day Southlake. The nearby town of Hurst had intended to annex the area that is now Southlake in 1956, but residents voted on Sept. 25, 1956 to form the town of Southlake. Sabre Holdings, an S&P 500 company, is headquartered in Southlake in the Solana business park. Industrial businesses include gasoline storage and distribution and concrete works on the east side of town off Highway 114 near DFW Airport. (Wikipedia)

Setting
Large suburb
Highest degree offered
Graduate
To the ocean
252 miles
Nearest airport
6 miles to Dallas Fort Worth (DFW) · major hub

How The King's University compares

Selectivity60.6%

More selective than 75% · #22 most selective of 77 in Texas

Graduation rate47%

Higher than 34% · #46 of 87 in Texas

First-year retention50%

Higher than 6%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$41,471

Higher than 17% · #81 of 94 in Texas

Average net price$14,140

Cheaper than 76% · #31 cheapest of 88 in Texas

Median debt at graduation$27,000

Lower than 11%

Student–faculty ratio10 : 1

Lower than 76%

Undergraduate enrollment251

Larger than 15%

Percentiles compare The King's University with the nation's 2,196 four-year colleges, among schools reporting each statistic. State ranks count four-year colleges in Texas.

Student body

Undergraduate vs. graduate

540students
  • Undergraduate25146%
  • Graduate28954%

Undergraduates by gender

251undergrads
  • Women13554%
  • Men11646%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

  • White49%
  • Black6.8%
  • Hispanic20%
  • Asian3.2%
  • Other or multiracial20%

Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment
251
Graduate enrollment
289
Student–faculty ratio
10 : 1
Pell Grant recipients
39%
First-generation students
40%
Students over 25
64%
Median family income
$35,185
Avg faculty salary (academic year)
$72,657
Endowment
$6,440,531

Colleges don't publish true class-size data; student–faculty ratio (IPEDS) is the closest public measure of it.

Admissions

Admission rate
60.6%
Test scores
Considered but not required
SAT range (25th–75th %)
SAT average
SAT reading
SAT math
ACT composite

Cost

In-state tuition
$12,480
Room & board
Books & supplies
$1,218
Total cost of attendance
$18,075
Average net price
$14,140

Net price is the total cost minus grants and scholarships — what students actually pay. It varies sharply by family income; see the breakdown below.

Outcomes

Graduated (within 6 years)
47%
Graduated on time (4 years)
7%
First-year retention
50%
Transferred to another college
37%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry
$30,883
Median earnings, 10 years after entry
$41,471
Median debt at graduation
$27,000
Students with federal loans
48%
Paying down their loans (1 year in)
39%

About 41% of students who finish here need more than four years — each extra year adds roughly another year of tuition and living costs.

Graduating on time

By student background (4 years)

All students
7%
Low-income (Pell)
27%
First-generation
26%

When these bars run close together, students from every background tend to finish at similar rates — a sign the school supports the ~30% who are first-gen or low-income.

Campus life & athletics

On-campus housing
No
Application fee
$40

Housing and fees: IPEDS 2023–24. Athletics rosters: Equity in Athletics data, 2024–25. Dorm capacity can include graduate and family housing, so the share of undergrads can top 100%.

Campus safety

Safety grade
A
Reported offenses per 1,000 students
0.0 / year
Violent offenses (2022–2024)
0
Property offenses (2022–2024)
0

On-campus criminal offenses reported under the Clery Act, 2022–2024, across 1 campus (540 students). Counts reflect reports, not convictions — schools with strong reporting cultures often show more, so a higher count doesn't simply mean a more dangerous campus.

What you'll actually pay, by family income

Average net price (total cost minus grants and scholarships) paid by aided students in each family-income band.

< $30k
$16,825
$30–48k
$12,674
$48–75k
$75–110k
$14,343
$110k+
$13,430

College Scorecard / IPEDS, most recent year. Family income is total household income; net price covers tuition, fees, room, board and supplies after grant aid, for students receiving federal aid.

Four-year (or more) true cost

Net price for your family's income, projected across the time it actually takes students here to graduate.

Est. total to a degree
$88,984

$16,825/year × about 5.3 years — most students here don't finish in exactly four, and each extra term adds cost. A planning estimate from net-price and graduation-timing data, not a bill.

Is it worth it?

A rough return-on-investment read from what graduates earn versus what they borrow.

Median earnings (10 years)
$41,471
Typical debt at graduation
$27,000
Debt vs. one year's pay
65%
Out-earn a HS grad
60%

Typical debt would take roughly 6.5 years to repay at about a tenth of median earnings.

Weigh it value

The payoff is less clear-cut here — weigh the debt against the earnings and your intended field before borrowing heavily.

Earnings are the College Scorecard median for former students (working, not enrolled) 10 years after entry — not a guarantee, and they vary a lot by major. Debt is the median federal loan balance at graduation.

The pay gap here

Median earnings 10 years after entry, split by gender.

Women
$24,713
Men
$47,445

Men out-earn women by $22,732 (92%) a decade out.

Federal figures for former students working and not enrolled, 10 years after they first entered. A gap this wide usually reflects which majors men and women here tend to choose — not different pay for the same job.

Campus climate

Summer high
96°F
Winter low
34°F
Annual rain
38.9″
Annual snow
0.1″

Average temperature

HighLow
30°70°100°JFMAMJJASOND

Average precipitation (inches)

0.02.44.7JFMAMJJASOND

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Grapevine Dam, TX US station (3.9 mi from campus).

Median earnings of this school's own graduates 1 and 5 years after finishing each program, and median federal-loan debt at completion (College Scorecard). Small programs are privacy-suppressed (—). Click a major to compare colleges nationally.

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Source: US Department of Education College Scorecard (most recent cohorts), IPEDS institutional characteristics, Equity in Athletics (EADA) data, Clery Act Campus Safety and Security data, and NOAA US Climate Normals. Distances are straight-line from campus coordinates. Percentiles compare schools of the same level (four-year vs. two-year) that report each statistic.