King University · Tennessee

King University scholarships and merit aid

Merit awards at King University support strong academics, honors students, and the arts.

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King University awards automatic merit on admission. King University does not publish a GPA or test chart, so you cannot self-calculate the dollars.

Merit tiers61 based on grades or scores

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Published scholarships

These amounts and requirements come from the school’s own published pages. Open an award to see who qualifies and how to keep it.

$2,000

King Bell Scholarship

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$2,000

King Out Of State Grant

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$1,000

Phi Theta Kappa Scholarship

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Amount not published

King Academic Scholarships

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Up to $2,000

Anne Liston Endowed Scholarship

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Up to $2,000

Evangelical Presbyterian Church Scholarship

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Who this school may work for

High-achieving students with interests in music, performing arts, or visual arts will find the most compelling scholarship opportunities at King.

Published yearly cost: Approximately $50,490 for 2026-2027. Source

Cost and graduation facts

Federal reporting on who actually enrolls at King University, what they paid after aid, and what happened next — independent of anything the school markets.

Average annual net price by family income at King University, academic year 2021-22
Family income	Average net price paid
$0–$30,000	$22,696
$30,001–$48,000	$17,677
$48,001–$75,000	$18,035
$75,001–$110,000	$21,188
$110,001+	$27,219
All income levels (average)	$22,347

Sticker price vs. what students actually pay

Published tuition & fees, AY 2022-23: $36,194
Average net price paid (all Title-IV aid), AY 2021-22: $22,347

That works out to roughly a 54% discount below the federal AY 2021-22 average cost of attendance of $49,004 (College Scorecard — a separate, federally reported figure, not the published cost of attendance shown above).

Outcomes for students who enrolled here

Graduation rate (150% of normal time), 2016 cohort: 48%
First-year retention rate, 2021 cohort: 60%
Median debt at completion, 2020–2021 completers: $22,750 (~$241/mo on a 10-yr plan)
Median earnings, 10 years after entry (measured 2020-21): $59,831
Share of students receiving a Pell grant, AY 2021-22: 48%
Share of students receiving a federal loan, AY 2021-22: 60%

How to read these numbers

Net price reflects only first-time, full-time, degree-seeking students who received federal Title IV financial aid — not King University's full student body.
Published tuition is the catalog sticker price for all students, not a Title IV-only figure.
Graduation rate reflects the entire first-time, full-time, degree-seeking cohort — not only students who received Title IV aid.
Retention rate reflects all first-time, full-time, bachelor's-seeking students — not only Title IV aid recipients.
Median debt reflects only completers who took out federal student loans — not King University's full graduating class, and not limited to first-time, full-time students.
Median earnings reflect Title IV aid recipients who entered college and were working (not enrolled) roughly a decade later — not necessarily the graduating cohort, and not a recent graduate's paycheck.
Pell grant and federal loan participation covers first-time, full-time, degree-seeking students only.
Net price blends need-based aid and merit aid together — it is not a merit-specific estimate. It shows what similar-income families actually paid on average after every kind of aid, not what a strong-stats student could win in merit dollars alone. Treat it as cost context, not a merit forecast — a MeritPlaybook models merit aid specifically for your student’s own stats, which this net-price figure cannot do.

None of this is current-year data — the U.S. Department of Education reports it on a delay, and different figures below come from different reporting years. Net price is an academic year 2021-22 figure. Published tuition reflects the 2022-23 academic year. Graduation rate reflects the Fall 2016 entering, full-time, first-time, degree/certificate-seeking cohort; completion measured within 150% of normal time (~6 years for a bachelor's degree). IPEDS Graduation Rates component (C150_4). Retention reflects the Fall 2021 full-time, first-time, bachelor's-seeking cohort retained into the following fall. IPEDS Fall Enrollment component (RET_FT4). Median debt reflects the NSLDS FY2020 and FY2021 pooled completer cohorts (GRAD_DEBT_MDN, GRAD_DEBT_MDN10YR_SUPP). Median earnings reflect the Treasury-matched cohort entering college in AY2009-10 or AY2010-11, earnings measured 10 years later in calendar years 2020 and 2021, inflation-adjusted to 2022 dollars (MD_EARN_WNE_P10).

Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard.

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Other King University scholarships worth checking

These awards can be harder to find. Each one has its own rules.

Jack E Snider Honors Program Scholarship

Amount$1,000EligibilityThe Jack E. Snider Honors Program Scholarship awards $1,000 to new freshmen and new transfer students accepted into the Snider Honors Program and is renewable with satisfactory participation.

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Tennessee Behavioral Health Pathways Scholarship

AmountUp to $30,000EligibilityThe Tennessee Behavioral Health Pathways Scholarship provides up to $30,000 in tuition aid over two years for Tennessee residents seeking MSW or MSN degrees in behavioral health fields.

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Jimmie A And Barbara B Street Master Of Social Work Scholarship

AmountUp to $2,000EligibilityThe Jimmie A. and Barbara B. Street Master of Social Work Scholarship provides up to $2,000 for eligible Master of Social Work students who meet MSW academic performance standards and residency criteria.

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H M Jack Trayer Music Scholarship

Amount$2,000–$5,000EligibilityThe H.M. "Jack" Trayer Music Scholarship awards $2,000 to $5,000 to eligible music students who maintain a minimum 3.0 GPA and audition with the Department of Music Scholarship Committee.

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King Performing And Visual Arts Scholarship

Amount$1,000–$2,500EligibilityKing University lists the King Performing and Visual Arts Scholarship as one of two main scholarships devoted to its music program.

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Hm Jack Trayer Music Scholarship

AmountAmount not publishedEligibilityKing University lists the H.M. “Jack” Trayer Music Scholarship as one of two main scholarships devoted to its music program.

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How King University compares

665 of 749 verified schools publish at least one four-year renewable merit award.
King University is one of them. The cohort minority (84 schools) only awards one-year scholarships, which means the four-year value families assume on a brochure quote isn't guaranteed at every school.

Sources used on this page

Every claim is checked against King University’s own published materials. Below is the full reference set.

Cost of attendanceKing University cost-of-attendance worksheet
Merit tiersKing Bell Scholarship
Scholarship pageKing Performing And Visual Arts Scholarship

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