by our College Data Analytics Team
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Grand Canyon University was awarded 108 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is mental health counseling/counselor.
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College Factual ranked Grand Canyon University as #144 out of 2,152 colleges and universities in the country on its 2025 Best Colleges list. This puts it in the top 10% of all schools in the nation. This is an improvement over the previous year, when Grand Canyon University held the #272 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
Out of the 26 colleges in Arizona, Grand Canyon University is ranked at #5.
The acceptance rate at Grand Canyon University is 78%. That's higher than the rate at many schools, but still low enough to be considered somewhat selective. If you want to get in, you'll need good grades and to be able to show that Grand Canyon University is a good fit for you.
At Grand Canyon University, the student to faculty ratio is 20 to 1. Compared to the national average of 15 to 1, this is somewhat high. This could mean that class sizes may be larger than they are at other colleges or universities or that professors may be required to teach more classes.
Another measure that is often used to estimate how much access students will have to their professors is how many faculty members are full-time. The idea here is that part-time faculty tend to spend less time on campus, so they may not be as available to students as full-timers.
The full-time faculty percentage at Grand Canyon University is 9%. This is lower than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate tells us what percentage of first-year, full-time students choose to continue on to their sophomore year at a particular school. The rate at Grand Canyon University is 70%, which is about average when compared to the national rate of 68%.
The on-time graduation rate for someone pursuing a bachelor's degree is typically four years. This rate at Grand Canyon University for first-time, full-time students is 39%, which is better than the national average of 33.3%.
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During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 63,752 undergraduates at Grand Canyon University with 19,937 being full-time and 43,815 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $18,207 | $19,313 | $21,977 | $23,915 | $23,879 |
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of Grand Canyon University, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At Grand Canyon University, approximately 58% of students took out student loans averaging $7,238 a year. That adds up to $28,952 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at Grand Canyon University is 1.0%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.
See which majors at Grand Canyon University make the most money.
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Contact details for Grand Canyon University are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 3300 W Camelback Rd, Phoenix, AZ 85017 |
| Phone: | 800-800-9776 |
| Website: | www.gcu.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Nursing | 6,941 | $92,781 |
| Business Administration & Management | 3,513 | $53,770 |
| Teacher Education Grade Specific | 3,347 | $40,682 |
| Special Education | 1,850 | $43,258 |
| Mental & Social Health Services | 1,814 | $37,693 |
| Educational Administration | 1,257 | NA |
| Teacher Education Subject Specific | 1,098 | $42,566 |
| Other Psychology | 897 | NA |
| Human Services | 847 | $35,433 |
| Computer Information Systems | 550 | $59,500 |
Online learning is becoming popular at even the oldest colleges and universities in the United States. Not only are online classes great for returning adults with busy schedules, they are also frequented by a growing number of traditional students.
In 2022-2023, 91,557 students took at least one online class at Grand Canyon University. This is a decrease from the 93,347 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 91,557 | 77,293 |
| 2021-2022 | 93,347 | 79,865 |
| 2020-2021 | 95,569 | 85,087 |
| 2018-2019 | 80,999 | 70,295 |
Learn more about online learning at Grand Canyon University.
Footnotes
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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