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King's College PA is ranked #1,038 out of 2,152 schools in the nation for overall quality on College Factual's 2025 Best Colleges list.
King's College PA also holds the #56 spot on the Best Colleges in Pennsylvania ranking.
With an acceptance rate of 96%, King's College PA has a fairly liberal admissions policy. However, don't just assume you'll get in! Put together a good application and make sure you include all requested documents and materials.
About 34% of students accepted to King's College PA submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 540 and 640. Math scores were between 530 and 620.
The student to faculty ratio is often used to measure the number of teaching resources that a college or university offers its students. The national average for this metric is 15 to 1, but at King's College PA it is much better at 11 to 1. That's good news for students who want to interact more on a personal level with their teachers.
When estimating how much access students will have to their teachers, some people like to look at what percentage of faculty members are full time. This is because part-time teachers may not have as much time to spend on campus as their full-time counterparts.
The full-time faculty percentage at King's College is 73%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate of 78% tells us that most first-year, full-time students like King's College enough to come back for another year. This is a fair bit higher than the national average of 68%. That's certainly something to check off in the good column about the school.
Students are considered to have graduated on time if they finish their studies within four years. At King's College PA the on-time graduation rate of first-time, full-time students is 52%. That is great when compared to the national average of 33.3%
Find out more about the retention and graduation rates at King’s College.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 2,059 undergraduates at King's College PA with 1,901 being full-time and 158 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $18,253 | $19,821 | $22,671 | $24,996 | $29,597 |
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of King's College PA, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At King's College PA, approximately 71% of students took out student loans averaging $10,192 a year. That adds up to $40,768 over four years for those students.
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Contact details for King's College PA are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 133 N River St, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18711-0801 |
| Phone: | 570-208-5900 |
| Website: | www.kings.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Business Administration & Management | 106 | $40,395 |
| Allied Health Professions | 76 | NA |
| Accounting | 36 | $61,680 |
| Human Resource Management | 36 | NA |
| Marketing | 34 | $40,666 |
| Criminal Justice & Corrections | 30 | $35,761 |
| Health & Medical Administrative Services | 24 | NA |
| Health & Physical Education | 24 | NA |
| Teacher Education Grade Specific | 22 | $35,199 |
| General Psychology | 22 | $39,818 |
Online courses area a great option for busy, working students as well as for those who have scheduling conflicts and want to study on their own time. As time goes by, expect to see more and more online learning options become available.
In 2022-2023, 294 students took at least one online class at King's College. This is a decrease from the 310 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 294 | 183 |
| 2021-2022 | 310 | 138 |
| 2020-2021 | 801 | 105 |
| 2018-2019 | 5 | 0 |
Footnotes
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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