Student Population at GCU

The following chart compares GCU's student enrollment with all colleges nationwide, Private (not-for-profit), 4-Years Colleges, 4-Years Colleges, and Private (not-for-profit), 4-Years Colleges in Arizona.

The enrollment is larger than the Private (not-for-profit), 4-Years Colleges in Arizona average (867 students).

The below chart compares the student population between Grand Canyon University and similar colleges.

By gender, there are 30,775 male and 82,482 female students attending GCU. The male-to-female student ratio is 0.37 to 1 and the ratio is than national average (the national average is 0.75 to 1).

The following table and chart show the student population by gender and attending status at GCU.

By age, there are 37,419 students whose age under twenty five and 57,080 students whose age is over thirty years old at Grand Canyon University.

Especially, 944 students are younger than eighteen and 610 students are older than sixty five.

The following table and chart show the student population by student age at Grand Canyon University.

At Grand Canyon University, 103,248 students (91.16% of total enrollment) take online classes to get their degrees. Among them, 89,777 students enrolled exclusively in online classes (i.e. no off-line attendance required) and others are taking online courses with off-line courses. The following tables describe the number of students who enrolled in one or more online courses.

By location of enrolled students, 13,611 students live in Arizona where Grand Canyon University is located in and 75,754 students have enrolled from other states.