Enrollment Trends at GCU

The student population at Grand Canyon University is 101,816 (66,769 undergraduate and 35,047 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 46,319 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at GCU is 65.58% which is increased by 31,564 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 14,755 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 2.65 to 1 which means that majority of population is on female students.

77,293 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 55.57% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 84,114 where 101,816 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

65.58% of total students is undergraduate students and 34.42% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 31,564 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 14,755 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 2.65 to 1 and it means that there are far more female students enrolled in GCU than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Grand Canyon University since 2013.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	55,497	35,205	8,628	26,577	20,292	5,076	15,216
2014-15	62,304 6,807	39,400 4,195	9,813 1,185	29,587 3,010	22,904 2,612	5,844 768	17,060 1,844
2015-16	69,444 7,140	43,295 3,895	11,573 1,760	31,722 2,135	26,149 3,245	7,004 1,160	19,145 2,085
2016-17	75,834 6,390	46,297 3,002	12,976 1,403	33,321 1,599	29,537 3,388	7,421 417	22,116 2,971
2017-18	83,284 7,450	49,556 3,259	14,280 1,304	35,276 1,955	33,728 4,191	8,323 902	25,405 3,289
2018-19	90,253 6,969	54,139 4,583	15,849 1,569	38,290 3,014	36,114 2,386	8,694 371	27,420 2,015
2019-20	96,211 5,958	58,997 4,858	17,095 1,246	41,902 3,612	37,214 1,100	8,731 37	28,483 1,063
2020-21	103,427 7,216	63,752 4,755	18,214 1,119	45,538 3,636	39,675 2,461	9,126 395	30,549 2,066
2021-22	103,072 -355	65,870 2,118	19,271 1,057	46,599 1,061	37,202 -2,473	8,384 -742	28,818 -1,731
2022-23	101,816 -1,256	66,769 899	20,019 748	46,750 151	35,047 -2,155	7,869 -515	27,178 -1,640
Average	84,114	52,328	14,772	37,556	31,786	7,647	24,139

Grand Canyon University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 52,328 where 66,769 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Grand Canyon University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	35,205	7,984	2,557	5,427	27,221	6,071	21,150
2014-15	39,400	10,482	3,426	7,056	28,918	6,387	22,531
2015-16	43,295	13,177	4,629	8,548	30,118	6,944	23,174
2016-17	46,297	14,543	5,251	9,292	31,754	7,725	24,029
2017-18	49,556	15,998	5,966	10,032	33,558	8,314	25,244
2018-19	54,139	17,335	6,631	10,704	36,804	9,218	27,586
2019-20	58,997	18,406	7,004	11,402	40,591	10,091	30,500
2020-21	63,752	19,937	7,673	12,264	43,815	10,541	33,274
2021-22	65,870	22,293	8,683	13,610	43,577	10,588	32,989
2022-23	66,769	23,945	9,586	14,359	42,824	10,433	32,391
Average	52,328	52,328	6,141	10,269	52,328	8,631	27,287

Grand Canyon University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 31,786 where 35,047 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Grand Canyon University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	20,292	39	16	23	20,253	5,060	15,193
2014-15	22,904	6	3	3	22,898	5,841	17,057
2015-16	26,149	1	0	1	26,148	7,004	19,144
2016-17	29,537	1	0	1	29,536	7,421	22,115
2017-18	33,728	3	1	2	33,725	8,322	25,403
2018-19	36,114	1	1	0	36,113	8,693	27,420
2019-20	37,214	4	2	2	37,210	8,729	28,481
2020-21	39,675	7	4	3	39,668	9,122	30,546
2021-22	37,202	2	0	2	37,200	8,384	28,816
2022-23	35,047	6	3	3	35,041	7,866	27,175
Average	31,786	31,786	3	4	31,786	7,644	24,135

Grand Canyon University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 46.87% and the percentage of black students is 18.61% at Grand Canyon University. 3.23% of enrolled students is Asian.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Grand Canyon University over the past 11 years (2013-2023).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2013-14	517	2,078	13,338	7,114	247	24,090	1,284
2014-15	586	2,446	13,856	8,933	295	28,715	1,558
2015-16	658	2,640	14,882	11,163	351	31,933	1,990
2016-17	760	2,768	16,084	12,573	413	35,052	2,314
2017-18	866	2,781	17,519	13,787	435	38,196	2,790
2018-19	903	3,031	18,425	15,843	502	41,510	3,149
2019-20	920	3,253	18,975	17,972	546	44,592	3,452
2020-21	968	3,628	20,202	20,560	580	47,726	3,888
2021-22	1,001	3,579	19,108	21,110	622	48,232	4,105
2022-23	967	3,288	18,952	21,569	600	47,725	4,233
Average	815	2,949	17,134	15,062	459	38,777	2,876

Grand Canyon University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

77,293 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 76% of total students. The number of online students has increased 55.57% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Grand Canyon University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	62,304	49,685	601	12,018
2015-16	69,444	54,118	425	14,901
2016-17	75,834	58,779	9,763	7,292
2017-18	83,284	64,551	10,603	8,130
2018-19	90,253	70,295	10,704	9,254
2019-20	96,211	75,277	9,791	11,143
2020-21	103,427	85,087	10,482	7,858
2021-22	103,072	79,865	13,482	9,725
2022-23	101,816	77,293	14,264	10,259
Average	87,294	68,328	8,902	10,064

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