King's College (Kings College) Acceptance Rate, GPA, and Admission Requirements

King's College's Department of Physician Assistant Studies, established in 1975 with over 1,000 practicing PA graduates nationwide, offers a five-year combined BSMS/MSPAS pathway in which first-year students who declare the medical studies major are guaranteed a seat in the professional (graduate) phase of the PA program upon successful completion of specific progression criteria during the first three years - meaning the competitive admissions hurdle for this program happens at the freshman application stage, not through a separate, uncertain graduate-school application later. A prospective applicant with a genuine interest in becoming a PA should apply directly into this five-year track as an incoming freshman rather than planning to apply as a traditional four-year-degree-holder competing for open graduate seats, since the guaranteed-progression freshman pathway is structurally more secure than the alternative direct-entry route, which is only available to external applicants "if there are available seats."

King's College offers an accelerated Exercise Science Occupational Therapy Track (a 3+3 OTD pathway) requiring six years total - including six months of clinical fieldwork and a 14-week doctoral capstone - that leads to an entry-level Clinical Doctorate in Occupational Therapy after first completing a Bachelor of Science in Exercise Science with a Minor in Neuroscience. Because this track requires specific coursework sequencing from freshman year to align the undergraduate Exercise Science/Neuroscience curriculum with eventual OTD admission, a prospective applicant interested in occupational therapy should declare interest in this specific 3+3 pathway during the application process rather than choosing a generic Exercise Science major and hoping to pivot toward OTD admission later, since the accelerated timeline depends on early, deliberate course sequencing.

King's College structures its merit aid so that scholarships ranging from $20,000 up to full tuition are awarded automatically to every student accepted to the College - there is no separate scholarship application or additional essay required to be considered, and 85% of students receive some form of grant or scholarship aid averaging over $27,000. Because this automatic-award structure means the admissions application itself is functionally also the scholarship application, a prospective applicant should treat their primary application materials (transcript, any optional essay, recommendation) as doing double duty for merit consideration, rather than assuming a stronger scholarship requires a separate, additional submission - the leverage point for maximizing aid is strengthening the original application, not searching for a hidden secondary process.

King's College, founded in the Congregation of Holy Cross tradition (the same religious order that founded the University of Notre Dame), assigns all first-year students who live on campus to one of two single-sex freshman residence halls - the all-male Holy Cross Hall or the all-female Esseff Hall - with upperclassmen then choosing among six other residence facilities in subsequent years. A prospective applicant and family should factor this single-sex freshman housing structure into their decision explicitly, since it reflects King's specific Holy Cross institutional identity and is a structural fact about first-year campus life distinct from the coeducational classroom and campus environment, and should not be assumed to be temporary or negotiable for incoming first-years living on campus.