-30%
Undergraduate enrollment
Undergraduate enrollment at King University fell 30% between 2021 and 2024 (1.3k → 908).
Tennessee · Private nonprofit · Predominantly bachelor's
King University
Bristol, Tennessee. 975 undergraduate students. 53 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at King University
Short-arc shifts (recent 3-year window), peer outliers, earnings trend breaks, completion drops, enrollment cliffs, and debt-to-earnings warnings — surfaced deterministically from the federal record. Multi-decade shifts are reported separately in the Long Arc section, since 25-year tuition drift isn't really an anomaly.
-29%
Undergraduate enrollment
Undergraduate enrollment fell 28% at King University vs the 2018–2022 baseline (975 vs 1.4k).
-15%
First-year retention
First-year retention at King University fell 15% between 2021 and 2024 (70.9% → 60.1%).
+10%
In-state tuition
In-state tuition at King University rose 10% between 2021 and 2024 ($32.8k → $36.2k).
SECTION 01 · OUTCOMES SNAPSHOT
The numbers, vs. Tennessee
Each tile compares this institution to the Tennessee median for the same metric. Sub-line shows the comparison value, not an interpretation. Sparklines trace the federally available history.
$59,831+15% · 6→10y
Tennessee median $38,880$52,248
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry46.4%+22% · '98→'24
Tennessee median 57.6%$18,000+209% · '97→'20
At program completion975+81% · '96→'24
latest IPEDS59.9%-19% · '04→'24
first-time, full-time54.4%+56% · '01→'24
latest cohort$34,800+185% · '00→'24
out-of-state $34,800SECTION 02 · EARNINGS HORIZONS
How earnings spread, 4 to 10 years after entry
Treasury tax-record earnings for federally aided students who first enrolled at this institution. Each point is a horizon from the most-recent vintage. Single median per horizon (no p25/p75 publishing).
Earnings widen with time post-entry. Selection: federal-aid recipients only — not all graduates.Methodology →
SECTION 03 · DEBT-TO-EARNINGS
What loans cost relative to earnings
Annual debt service as a share of median earnings 10 years after entry, computed under federal Direct loan terms (10-year fixed at 6%). The 8% line is the gainful-employment threshold from federal regulation; above 12% has historically been considered “failing” under prior rule cycles.
Institution-wide
4.0%Median federal debt $18,000 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $59,831 (10y after entry).
SECTION 04 · LONG ARC
Ten-plus year arc
Federally available history. Coverage varies by metric — IPEDS publishes some series only after 2009 and others only before.
Undergraduate enrollment.
150%-time completion rate.
Median federal student debt at exit.
+22%
King University · completion · 150% rose
39.2% → 47.9%
+46%
King University · completion · 100% rose
30.8% → 45.0%
-19%
King University · retention fell
74.0% → 60.1%
+81%
King University · undergrad enrollment rose
502 → 908
+185%
King University · in-state tuition rose
$12,700 → $36,194
+185%
King University · out-of-state tuition rose
$12,700 → $36,194
+209%
King University · median debt rose
$7,363 → $22,750
-100%
King University · cohort default rate fell
8.9% → 0.0%
+759%
King University · pell share rose
3.7% → 41.6%
+55%
King University · earnings_median_10yr rose
$38,700 → $59,831
+67%
King University · earnings_median_8yr rose
$34,100 → $57,020
+77%
King University · earnings_median_6yr rose
$29,500 → $52,248
SECTION 05 · PROGRAMS
Ranked by 5-year earnings
Each row is one (CIP × credential) program reported by the institution in College Scorecard's Field-of-Study data. Cohort floor is 30 students; below this, federal data is suppressed.
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$102,592Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$80,332Business Administration, Management and Operations.$69,615Health and Medical Administrative Services.$59,773Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities.$57,168Computer and Information Sciences, General.$53,245Business/Commerce, General.$49,940Business Administration, Management and Operations.$46,943Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods.$42,839Psychology, General.$40,527
SECTION 06 · BY CIP FAMILY
10 programs with earnings, grouped
Programs are grouped by 2-digit CIP family. Programs without reported earnings are hidden to keep the list focused.
COMPUTER & INFORMATION SCIENCES · CIP 11
EDUCATION · CIP 13
LIBERAL ARTS & GENERAL STUDIES · CIP 24
PSYCHOLOGY · CIP 42
HEALTH PROFESSIONS · CIP 51
BUSINESS, MANAGEMENT & MARKETING · CIP 52
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION
Estimate the financial outcome at King University
Pick a program. Cost from Scorecard net price by family income; earnings from Treasury 5-year-post-completion median, projected forward with a Mincer age-earnings curve. The selection-bias toggle applies the Dale-Krueger shrinkage. Outcomes illustration, not a forecast — see methodology.
Shrinks the earnings premium toward the matched-applicant mean. STEM <15%, business ~40%, arts & education ~60%.
NET PRESENT VALUE
$763,860
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 7
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
- Cost per year
- $21,500
- HS-only baseline · TN
- $34,600
- Years to complete
- 4
- CIP family
- 51
Outcomes illustration · not a forecast. Projects observed Scorecard earnings forward with a Mincer age-earnings curve under your assumptions. See methodology for the math.
SECTION 07 · SIMILAR INSTITUTIONS
Same sector and degree mix in Tennessee
Picked by Carnegie sector × predominant credential level. These are not rankings — just nearest-neighbour surfaces for comparison.
CAUSAL DISCIPLINE
“King University graduates earn $X” — not “King University makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending King University caused. Selection effects (who admits, who enrolls, who completes) are real. We publish federal data with strict descriptive phrasing — and link the methodology where you can read about the limitations directly.