The King's College Closes Permanently
School to dissolve this month
After struggling for several years, The King’s College in New York City will close permanently this month. In an announcement on the college website posted just hours ago, the Board of Trustees announced that their efforts to find a partner to shore up their finances did not work out.
To the King’s College Community:
We are deeply grateful for your continued prayers for The King’s College.
In our last update, we shared that we had launched an expansive effort to identify strategic partners with a mutual vision for excellence in Christian higher education in New York City. Despite a thorough search for such a partner, the Board has been unable to secure the support necessary to present a plan to resume operations by the July 15, 2025, deadline granted to us by the New York State Education Department.
Therefore, we must announce that The King’s College will remain closed permanently and that we will begin to dissolve it under the guidance of the relevant state authorities.
The Board wishes to thank the many generations of students, alumni, faculty, staff, parents, and friends who have formed the rich fabric of the King’s community for almost 90 years. Your commitment to truth, faith, and academic excellence has left a lasting legacy, and we trust that God will continue to use this community for the glory of His Kingdom for many years to come. While King’s may be closing, we know its legacy will live on.
Please know that we will explore ways to honor the King’s legacy as we continue our work.
For our alumni: Alumni seeking their transcripts may continue to obtain them here. The Alumni Association is a separately established organization and will be able to remain active in the future.
Further information will be provided here as it becomes available.
The King’s College Board of Trustees
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Would be interesting to hear Greg Thornberry’s thoughts on the trajectory of King’s. I think he was their last shot at being a responsible academic institution, but they had already jumped the shark in that regard when they hired Dinesh D’Souza.