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King Khalid University ranked 179^th on the Times Higher Education Emerging Economies University Rankings in 2021. Emerging economies are those nation-states who are advancing and developing rapidly with respect to business, economic activity, technology, and social reformation. Rankings were based on 13 carefully calibrated performance indicators that measure an institution's performance across four areas: teaching, research, knowledge transfer, and international outlook.

Vice Rector for Development and Quality, Dr. Merzin Al-Shahrani, explained that this ranking achievement is a direct result of the university's strategic vision and goal to break the top 200 ranking of all universities by the year 2030. A crucial requirement is for King Khalid University's international community recognition for scientific research and developments in practical applications of technical achievement. This will ensure the university's success both in reputation and in alumni performance in the marketplace.

General Supervisor of the International Ranking Unit, Dr. Sami Al-Shehri, further explained that ranking is based on four main criteria with distributed across five categories. He highlighted that 30% is allocated to Education, 30% to Scientific Research, 30% to Research Citations, 7.5% to International Outlook, and 2.5% to Industry Income. Dr. Al-Shehri further highlighted that the ranking results included 1,527 universities from 93 countries around the world.