King University

King University(formerly King College) is a private university in Bristol, Tennessee. Graduate programs are offered in business administration, nursing, and education. Founded in 1867, King is independently governed with covenant affiliations to the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) and the Evangelical Presbyterian Church.

In April 1866, the Holston Presbytery assembled at the old Pleasant Grove Church in Bristol, Tenn., to establish a Christian college. The College was built on 25 acres (100,000 m2) of land in Bristol that had been donated by Reverend James King, in whose honor it is named.The first classes were 

offered in August 1867
When the college outgrew its small campus, King's grandson Isaac Anderson donated land on a hillside east of Bristol and in 1917 the college moved to its present location.
In January 2013, King College announced that the School would change its name to King University. The name change reflects the master’s-level, comprehensive benchmark that King University has reached in recent years. Becoming a university is the natural unfolding of King’s strategic plan, unveiled in 1998, to create an even broader mix of programs based on a university model. On June 1, 2013, King College officially became King University.
In December 2013, King University was granted a Level V designation by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges , after a two-year application and review process. As a result, King University began its first doctoral program, a Doctorate of Nursing Practice, in Fall 2014.Two months later, faculty and alumni dissatisfaction with the university president came to light with a faculty vote of no confidence and an alumni effort to raise money that would only be released to the university if President Jordan's resignation or dismissal.