Enrollment Trends at GCU

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 94,416 where 113,257 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 7 year-over-year increases and 2 decreases. It peaked at 113,257 students in 2025 and was lowest at 69,444 in 2016. Overall, enrollment rose from 69,444 to 113,257 students, a net gain of 43,813 (63.1%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Grand Canyon University since 2015.

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• By Gender Chart
• By Level Chart
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Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
		Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	69,444	43,295	11,573	31,722	26,149	7,004	19,145
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
2023-24	107,563 5,747	70,929 4,160	21,398 1,379	49,531 2,781	36,634 1,587	8,056 187	28,578 1,400
2024-25	113,257 5,694	75,936 5,007	22,478 1,080	53,458 3,927	37,321 687	8,297 241	29,024 446
Average	94,416	59,554	17,315	42,239	34,862	8,191	26,672

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 59,554 where 75,936 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2024-2025. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Grand Canyon University since 2015.

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• By Status Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
		Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
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
2023-24	70,929	25,141	10,098	15,043	45,788	11,300	34,488
2024-25	75,936	25,376	10,135	15,241	50,560	12,343	38,217
Average	59,554	59,554	7,566	12,050	59,554	9,750	30,189

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 34,862 where 37,321 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2024-2025. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Grand Canyon University since 2015.

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• By Gender Chart
• By Status Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
		Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
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
2023-24	36,634	39	28	11	36,595	8,028	28,567
2024-25	37,321	64	41	23	37,257	8,256	29,001
Average	34,862	34,862	8	5	34,862	8,183	26,667

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 44.03% and the percentage of black students is 20.14% at Grand Canyon University. 3.22% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 22.75% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 45.98% to 44.03%. Asian enrollment declined from 3.80% to 3.22%. Black student enrollment decreased from 21.43% to 20.14%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 16.07% to 22.75%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.7107 which indicates that quite diverse. This decreased from 0.7144 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has declined.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Grand Canyon University over the past 11 years (2015-2025).

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Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
	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
2023-24	1,013	3,458	20,406	23,894	565	49,180	4,508
2024-25	1,009	3,645	22,814	25,767	559	49,869	4,944
Average	907	3,207	18,737	18,424	517	43,402	3,537