QS 2026 RANK #31
Is an MS at King's College London worth it for Indian students?
MS Computer Science / Data Science · London, United Kingdom
Cost and salary figures compiled 2026-07-24 · page updated 2026-10-01
The short answer: an MS at King's College London costs about ₹66.0L all-in and the realistic starting package is around ₹55.9L/year - that pays back in roughly 3.6 years, with 18 months of post-study work on the Graduate Route.
Years of extra savings to cover the total cost: salary abroad after tax and a year's living cost, compared with what you would save staying in India. Before loan interest. Living costs are the government student-visa minimum where one exists (the US figure is our own assumption), so they are a floor, not a forecast for London. What you would actually pay a lender each month is below.
Searching for the “highest package”? The eye-catching figures you have seen for King's College London are single unverified offers. The average above is the number worth planning around - here is where it comes from.
If you borrow the whole thing
Borrowing the full ₹66.0L at 10.5% means roughly ₹1,09,767 a month for 10 years, and about ₹1.32Cr repaid in total. Interest accrues during the 24-month course and grace period rather than being waived, so repayment starts on a larger principal than you borrowed.
That total is the number most families never see until the loan is signed. It assumes the entire cost is borrowed - scale it down if part is funded from savings, and change the rate, tenure or moratorium in the loan calculator. We are not a lender and earn nothing from this.
Est. total cost
₹66.0L
tuition + living, full program
Est. avg. salary
₹55.9L/yr
market band, not per-school data
Extra savings cover cost in
3.6 yrs
after tax & living costs, before loan interest
Post-study work
18 mo
Graduate Route
Where this fits, and where it does not
There is no single answer, because it depends on which constraint is actually binding for you. On the estimates above, measured against every other university in this dataset:
Worth considering if
Nothing here stands out against the rest of the list on cost, salary, payback or visa length. That is not a criticism of the university - it means the case for it has to come from the specific programme, a supervisor, or a reason of your own, not from these numbers.
Look elsewhere if
- staying on after the degree is the point - 18 months is a short window to find a role, clear probation and get sponsored
This verdict is generated from the estimated figures on this page and how they compare with the other 355 universities tracked here. It is not a recommendation, and it says nothing about your chances of admission. Run the free assessment to weigh this against your own budget, marks and priorities.
Read next
- Is an MS in the UK worth it? - the country-level case, including the visa and salary reality behind the 18-month figure above.
King's College London fees for Indian students
Estimated total fees for the MS Computer Science / Data Science at King's College London come to about ₹66.0L in rupees - that's tuition plus living costs for the full program in London, converted at July 2026 rates. Tuition is the larger share; London living costs move the total more than most students expect. This is a tiered estimate by QS rank and destination, not King's College London's own published fee, so confirm the exact tuition on the official program page before you budget.
King's College London package in rupees - average vs “highest”
The average starting package for this profile is about ₹55.9L/year in rupees - a market salary band for the role and city (Glassdoor/Indeed/PayScale), not King's College London's own placement figure. On payback that's roughly 3.6 years against the fees above.
On the “highest package” searches: we deliberately don't publish one. Viral “highest package” numbers are almost always a single outlier offer, often unverified, and they tell you nothing about what you'll actually earn. The average and the payback are the honest figures to plan around. If you want a per-university published outcome, only a handful of programs release one - our free assessment flags exactly which those are.
King's College London acceptance rate
We don't publish an acceptance-rate number for King's College London, and here's the honest reason: for master's programs a single university-wide percentage is misleading. Admission is decided per department and per intake, an MS in CS or Data Science is often far more selective than the institution's headline rate, and QS rank doesn't reliably predict the bar you personally face. Quoting a made-up figure would be exactly the kind of number this site exists to replace.
We measured that rather than asserting it. Across the 44 programmes whose admission bar we read directly off the official page, the correlation between QS rank and published minimum GPA is -0.16, and the median bar is 3.00 both inside and outside the QS top 50. Here is the full working, and what to use instead.
What the verified bars in United Kingdom actually look like
We do not have King's College London's own published minimum. For context, across the 4 programmes in United Kingdom where we have read the minimum GPA directly off the official admissions page, the published bar runs 2.60 to 3.70 on a 4.0 scale, with a median of 3.70.
That is not King's College London's number and should not be read as one. It is simply what the bar looks like at programmes in this country where somebody has actually checked. Most published minimums are lower than students assume - the bar that filters people out is usually the applicant pool, not the stated minimum.
What actually decides your odds is your GPA versus the program's published bar, your test scores, and your profile fit. For King's College London's current requirements, check its official admissions page. To see where you realistically stand across 44 programs with verified admission bars, run the free assessment.
Where these numbers come from - and what they are not
This page is part of our broad coverage layer: 356 universities from the QS World University Rankings 2026 (topuniversities.com, published 19 Jun 2025), with cost, salary, and payback estimated by QS rank band and destination job market. We have not independently verified these figures for King's College London, and we don't publish an admit likelihood here - QS rank doesn't reliably predict a program's actual admission bar, so we won't fabricate one.
Before making a real decision: verify tuition on the official program page, salary bands on Glassdoor/Indeed/PayScale, and visa rules on the relevant government site. Visa figures here reflect United Kingdom policy as of July 2026.
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What should you check next?
The figures above are tiered estimates, not King's College London's own published numbers. These are the checks that actually move a decision like this one.
- 1
Is the acceptance rate telling you what you think it is?
We measured rank against published admission bars across 35 programmes and found a correlation of -0.16, which is close to none. why acceptance rates mislead.
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Does your CGPA clear the published bar?
Converts to the 4.0 scale by two methods and lists the verified programmes whose published minimum that value clears. convert your CGPA.
- 3
How does King's College London compare against a specific alternative?
The compare tier uses per-programme figures read from official pages rather than the QS-band estimates on this page. the verified comparisons.
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How long would this actually take to pay back?
Shows the arithmetic behind the 3.6-year figure above, including why an IIT or NIT baseline salary lengthens it. the payback formula.