by our College Data Analytics TeamEach year, College Factual releases its Best Quality Schools ranking to identify graduate schools that offer a great educational experience and provide excellent student outcomes. Factors that go into these rankings include how much money students make after graduation, the number of FTE students per instructor, and how much debt students take on to attend the school.
In College Factual's 2024 ranking of the Best Master's Degree Schools in the U.S., Grand Canyon University landed the #250 spot out of the 1149 schools analyzed for this list.
For the Best Master's Degree Schools in Arizona, Grand Canyon University came in at #4.
Grand Canyon University was ranked #254 in the 2024 Best Doctorate Schools in the United States ranking out of the 676 schools that were included in the ranking.
For the Best Doctorate Degree Schools in Arizona, Grand Canyon University came in at #5.
Athough the male-female ratio may vary depending on the degree program, 77.0% of the total graduate students at Grand Canyon University are women and 23.0% are men.
Racial-ethnic minorities* make up 50.0% of the graduate student population at Grand Canyon University. Grand Canyon University is popular with people from outside the United States, too. International students make up 0.7% of the graduate student population. The chart below shows the breakdown of graduate student demographics at the school. You can click on it for a more detailed view.
The average tuition and fees for graduate students is shown below.
| In-State | Out-of-State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $10,621 | $10,621 |
| Fees | $917 | $917 |
The average starting salary for graduate students who earn their master's degree at Grand Canyon University is $55,777. That's about 5% lower than the countrywide average of $58,425 for all master's degree holders.
After obtaining their doctorate degree from Grand Canyon University, graduates go on to jobs earning an average starting salary of $74,421. That's about 1% lower than the countrywide average of $75,260 for all doctorate degree holders.
Get more details about the location of Grand Canyon University.
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/ |
| Facebook: | http://www.facebook.com/GrandCanyonU |
| Twitter: | https://twitter.com/gcu |
During the 2020-2021 academic year, 97.2% of the graduate students at Grand Canyon University took at least one online course. For that same period, 97.2% of grad students took all of their classes online.
The only degree programs listed here are those in which master’s degrees were awarded in 2020-2021.
Just like the master’s degree programs, only programs that had doctorate degrees awarded in 2020-2021 are shown here.
| Doctorate Degree Program | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Business Administration & Management | 22 |
| Educational Administration | 268 |
| General Psychology | 167 |
| Nursing | 368 |
| Teacher Education Grade Specific | 4 |
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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