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WHY RECRUIT AT KING'S?
King's College Mission : King's College, a Catholic college in the Holy Cross tradition, provides students with a broad-based liberal arts education which offers the intellectual, moral, and spiritual preparation that enables them to lead meaningful and satisfying lives.
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Recruit at King's College for the Future of Your Corporation
The Career Planning Office at King's College is your resource for top quality graduates. From the first day our freshman step on campus, they begin their journey to gain the skills necessary to land their ultimate career. Through counseling, core courses, ethics education and internships, King's College undergraduates are provided with the tools and technology they need to help them achieve their goals.
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A Small School with Large Aspiration
King's College takes pride in its academic reputation. By working with professors who are leaders in their fields, our students acquire a wide range of skills to meet your business needs.
With 35 Majors and seven pre-professional programs to choose from, you will find top quality students with a broad range of capabilities from the following areas:
- Allied Health
- Business
- Education
- Humanities
- Pre-Professional Programs
- Sciences
- Social Sciences
In addition to studying a particular field, many students choose to take courses in a special concentration area that complements their major in order to further specialize their skills.
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The William G. McGowan School of Business
The William G. McGowan School of Business at King's College is one of only 42 undergraduate schools of business in the country accredited by AACSB International-The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business. You can be sure King's graduates studied business programs that are continuously improved in order to meet the demands of today's ever changing business climate because of this accreditation.
In order to prepare our students to make an immediate impact in your business, all of our students are encouraged to participate in career internships in order to gain real world experience. By doing this, we think our graduates will be come employees who are second to none in their ability to apply their learning experiences to your business.
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Rankings
U.S. News & World Report ranked King's among America 's best colleges for 13 straight years. We are recognized for our dedicated faculty and our commitment to quality education at an affordable price.
- U.S. News & World Report has also ranked King's in the top tier among the 2006 "Best Universities-Masters" in the North for the sixth consecutive year.
- Barron's Best Buys in College Education selected King's among the nation's top colleges for 6 straight years, saying, "this college of Christ the King has gained national recognition for a comprehensive core curriculum that sends majors in the popular fields of accounting, elementary education, and physician assistant into the job market with nearly half of their academic credit in the liberal arts" and lauded King's for its "near-perfect job placement rates in numerous fields."
- The American Association of Colleges and Universities Greater Expectations Initiative named King's as one of only 16 Leadership Institutions nationwide as part of an organized effort to influence the future of liberal arts higher education. King's joins such institutions as Duke and Colgate universities that are part of a national, organized effort to improve the future of undergraduate liberal arts education.
- John Templeton Foundation Honor Roll for Character-Building Colleges placed King's among a select group of 100 colleges and universities in the country to be named three times to the honor roll which recognizes institutions of higher learning that provide students with programs and opportunities to develop their individual character. We're committed to providing programs for professional and personal development that encourage and inspire students to lead ethical and civic-minded lives.
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Accreditations
- The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business ( AACSB International)
King's is accredited by AACSB International, which represents the highest standard of achievement for business schools worldwide. Institutions that earn accreditation confirm their commitment to quality and continuous improvement through a rigorous and comprehensive peer review. AACSB International accreditation is the hallmark of excellence in management education.
- Commission of Higher Education of the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools (Middle States). King's accreditation dates continuously from 1955.
- The graduate program in Health Care Administration is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Management Education (CAHME), formerly known as the Accrediting Commission for Education on Health Services Administration (ACEHSA).
- The certification program for Reading Specialist and the certification program for Program Specialist, English as a Second Language (ESL), are accredited by the Pennsylvania Department of Education.
- The Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Programs.
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Quick Facts:
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- Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. |
| Origins |
- Founded in 1946 by the Congregation of Holy Cross from the University of Notre Dame.
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Hours from Philly, NYC,DC/Maryland, NJ and Connecticut. |
| Majors |
- 35 Majors in Business, Humanities and Social Sciences, Education, Sciences and Allied Health programs.
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| Programs |
- 6 Pre-professional programs and 7 Special Concentrations.
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| Students |
- 2,200 undergraduate and graduate students |
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