Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at GCU

At Grand Canyon University, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 66.47%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 60.00%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Grand Canyon University than the previous year.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 24.28%, and the 2024 yield is 29.00%.

The number of GCU applicants increased by 63.73% (18,674 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 66.47%, and this year's acceptance rate is 60.00% at Grand Canyon University. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 78.19% and women students' rate is 74.90%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Grand Canyon University than the previous year.

The following table and chart illustrate the acceptance rates changes at Grand Canyon University over the past 11 years (2013-2024).

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	54.80%	78.66%	69.01%
2014-15	57.57% 2.77%	84.13% 5.47%	79.33% 10.33%
2015-16	43.20% -14.37%	62.19% -21.94%	57.70% -21.63%
2016-17	56.94% 13.74%	71.99% 9.79%	69.82% 12.12%
2017-18	66.92% 9.98%	79.81% 7.82%	78.39% 8.57%
2018-19	73.20% 6.27%	81.93% 2.12%	80.67% 2.27%
2019-20	76.94% 3.74%	83.14% 1.21%	81.73% 1.06%
2020-21	80.69% 3.76%	86.27% 3.13%	83.56% 1.83%
2021-22	83.00% 2.31%	86.00% -0.28%	85.00% 1.45%
2022-23	77.87% -5.13%	83.01% -2.99%	79.69% -5.31%
2023-24	60.00% -17.87%	63.00% -20.01%	59.00% -20.69%
Average	66.47%	78.19%	74.90%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 24.28% where the current academic year yield is 29.00%.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in yield at Grand Canyon University from 2013 to 2024.

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	37.80%	40.35%	48.02%
2014-15	21.66% -16.14%	24.86% -15.49%	23.31% -24.72%
2015-16	23.23% 1.57%	25.45% 0.59%	23.85% 0.54%
2016-17	17.09% -6.13%	19.18% -6.27%	17.53% -6.32%
2017-18	16.05% -1.05%	18.05% -1.13%	15.67% -1.87%
2018-19	17.22% 1.18%	18.72% 0.67%	17.04% 1.37%
2019-20	23.11% 5.88%	22.80% 4.07%	23.28% 6.25%
2020-21	19.91% -3.20%	20.77% -2.03%	19.73% -3.55%
2021-22	25.00% 5.09%	27.00% 6.23%	24.00% 4.27%
2022-23	36.98% 11.98%	37.92% 10.92%	36.43% 12.43%
2023-24	29.00% -7.98%	30.00% -7.91%	29.00% -7.42%
Average	24.28%	25.92%	25.26%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 33,917, the average number of admitted is 22,936, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 5,404.

The number of GCU applicants increased by 63.73% (18,674 applicants) compared to the previous year.

The following table and chart show the changes of applicants, admitted, and enrolled headcount at Grand Canyon University from 2013 to 2024.

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	15,401	8,440	3,190
2014-15	23,901 55.19%	13,759 63.02%	2,980 -6.58%
2015-16	34,475 44.24%	14,893 8.24%	3,459 16.07%
2016-17	34,096 -1.10%	19,413 30.35%	3,318 -4.08%
2017-18	32,734 -3.99%	21,906 12.84%	3,515 5.94%
2018-19	31,958 -2.37%	23,392 6.78%	4,029 14.62%
2019-20	37,456 17.20%	28,818 23.20%	6,659 65.28%
2020-21	48,918 30.60%	39,474 36.98%	7,858 18.01%
2021-22	36,861 -24.65%	30,595 -22.49%	7,649 -2.66%
2022-23	29,304 -20.50%	22,818 -25.42%	8,438 10.32%
2023-24	47,978 63.73%	28,787 26.16%	8,348 -1.07%
Average	33,917	22,936	5,404

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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