Enrollment Trends at King

The student population at King University is 1,157 (964 undergraduate and 193 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 1,763 (60.38%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at King is 83.32% which is decreased by 1,503 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 260 and it has been decreasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 64 male students for every 100 female students, up from 52 in 2015.
469 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has decreased by -54.47% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 1,901 where 1,157 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 1 year-over-year increase and 8 decreases. It peaked at 2,920 students in 2016 and was lowest at 1,157 in 2025. Overall, enrollment dropped from 2,920 to 1,157 students, a net loss of 1,763 (60.4%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at King University since 2015.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,920	2,467	864	1,603	453	140	313
2016-17	2,804 -116	2,343 -124	872 8	1,471 -132	461 8	121 -19	340 27
2017-18	2,162 -642	1,799 -544	699 -173	1,100 -371	363 -98	83 -38	280 -60
2018-19	1,948 -214	1,579 -220	601 -98	978 -122	369 6	108 25	261 -19
2019-20	1,968 20	1,611 32	567 -34	1,044 66	357 -12	103 -5	254 -7
2020-21	1,746 -222	1,435 -176	513 -54	922 -122	311 -46	77 -26	234 -20
2021-22	1,656 -90	1,356 -79	491 -22	865 -57	300 -11	74 -3	226 -8
2022-23	1,357 -299	1,120 -236	412 -79	708 -157	237 -63	60 -14	177 -49
2023-24	1,295 -62	1,076 -44	428 16	648 -60	219 -18	58 -2	161 -16
2024-25	1,157 -138	964 -112	399 -29	565 -83	193 -26	53 -5	140 -21
Average	1,901	1,575	585	990	326	88	239

King University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 1,575 where 964 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2024-2025. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at King University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,467	2,244	784	1,460	223	80	143
2016-17	2,343	2,120	774	1,346	223	98	125
2017-18	1,799	1,608	624	984	191	75	116
2018-19	1,579	1,460	558	902	119	43	76
2019-20	1,611	1,487	522	965	124	45	79
2020-21	1,435	1,252	451	801	183	62	121
2021-22	1,356	1,160	424	736	196	67	129
2022-23	1,120	978	370	608	142	42	100
2023-24	1,076	883	348	535	193	80	113
2024-25	964	824	347	477	140	52	88
Average	1,575	1,575	520	881	1,575	64	109

King University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 326 where 193 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2024-2025. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at King University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	453	347	128	219	106	12	94
2016-17	461	376	106	270	85	15	70
2017-18	363	313	70	243	50	13	37
2018-19	369	332	104	228	37	4	33
2019-20	357	302	90	212	55	13	42
2020-21	311	261	64	197	50	13	37
2021-22	300	264	66	198	36	8	28
2022-23	237	196	53	143	41	7	34
2023-24	219	166	43	123	53	15	38
2024-25	193	145	38	107	48	15	33
Average	326	326	76	194	326	12	45

King University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 72.52%. The percentage was 80.82% 10 years ago and King still has a high percentage of white students. 0.43% of enrolled students is Asian and 5.53% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 4.67% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 80.82% to 72.52%. Asian enrollment declined from 0.48% to 0.43%. Black student enrollment decreased from 5.68% to 5.53%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 2.19% to 4.67%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.4649 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This increased from 0.3427 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at King University over the past 11 years (2015-2025).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2015-16	3	14	166	64	4	2,360	56
2016-17	1	15	166	66	1	2,286	52
2017-18	1	13	143	78	1	1,745	40
2018-19	4	17	105	59	3	1,425	24
2019-20	11	22	129	38	6	1,590	13
2020-21	9	16	71	6	5	1,452	34
2021-22	4	21	96	11	3	1,340	52
2022-23	6	15	80	9	7	1,108	43
2023-24	6	8	77	89	4	948	42
2024-25	7	5	64	54	1	839	73
Average	5	15	110	47	4	1,509	43

King University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

469 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 41% of total students. The number of online students has decreased -54.47% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at King University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	2,920	1,030	460	1,430
2016-17	2,804	883	659	1,262
2017-18	2,162	706	524	932
2018-19	1,948	755	543	650
2019-20	1,968	880	522	566
2020-21	1,746	778	679	289
2021-22	1,656	752	433	471
2022-23	1,357	599	326	432
2023-24	1,295	517	351	427
2024-25	1,157	469	294	394
Average	1,901	737	479	685

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Enrollment Trends at King

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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