King University
CCNE AccreditedKing University is a private, Christian university founded in 1867 in Bristol, TN, affiliated with the Presbyterian Church (USA) and the Evangelical Presbyterian Church. Its CCNE-accredited School of Nursing offers a fully online RN to BSN designed for working nurses — 7-week accelerated courses, rolling admissions, affordable tuition with active military rate of $250/credit. Designated Military Friendly School for 8+ consecutive years and Yellow Ribbon Program participant.
King University at a glance
- King University's most recent NCLEX-RN first-time pass rate is 100% on 11 candidates (2025) — up 7 pts since 2021.
- Across 5 reported years (2021–2025), the candidate-weighted average is 95.9% over 73 total candidates.
- Opportunity Score: 95/100 — our weighted composite of NCLEX outcomes, tuition, clinical partnerships, and state job-market strength. Strongest components: NCLEX pass rate and Online flexibility.
- Listed program tuition: $21,600 total.
- 1 nursing program listed — RN-BSN offered online.
- Programmatic accreditation: CCNE.
100%
NCLEX-RN first-time pass rate (2025, 11 candidates)
Source: State board of nursing
95.9%
Candidate-weighted average, 2021–2025
Source: State board of nursing
95/100
Opportunity Score
Source: MyNursingSchools methodology
- Programs Offered
- 1
- NCLEX Pass Rate
- 100%
Sources: NCSBN, school-reported data. Methodology.
NCLEX-RN pass rates by year
Board-reported first-time pass rates for King University, each shown with the cohort size it was calculated from. Candidate-weighted average across 5 years: 95.9% over 73 candidates.
King University's latest reported year is 2025, and that 100% — from a cohort of 11 first-time candidates — is 13.3 points above the 86.7% national first-time NCLEX-RN pass rate NCSBN reported for 2025.
| Exam year | First-time pass rate | Candidates |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 100% | 11 |
| 2024 | 100% | 14 |
| 2023 | 93% | 15 |
| 2022 | 95% | 19 |
| 2021 | 93% | 14 |
Source: state board of nursing publications, transcribed per cohort. Cohorts under 10 candidates are suppressed rather than shown. Full NCLEX detail for King University.
Nursing Programs at King University(1)
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Strengths
- NCLEX pass rate
- Online flexibility
- Tuition affordability
Score breakdown
- NCLEX pass rate100
- Job market strength62
- Online flexibility100
- Tuition affordability79
The Opportunity Score blends NCLEX pass rate, tuition affordability, graduation outcomes, schedule flexibility, hospital clinical partnerships, and state job-market strength. Missing inputs are excluded and remaining weights are redistributed proportionally. How we calculate this.
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Sources: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics; National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN); CCNE; ACEN.