Acceptance Rate
Fall 2021 admitted students
Applicants Stats
The following table details the number of students who applied, admitted, and enrolled in GCU during the Fall 2021 enrollment season.
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Total Applicants
During the Fall 2021 enrollment season, GCU received a total of 36,861 applications. These applications included 12,447 male applicants and 23,334 female applicants. -
Admitted Students
Out of the 36,861 applicants, GCU admitted 30,534 students. Among the admitted students, there were 10,744 males and 19,776 females who received offers of admission. -
Enrolled Students
Among the admitted students, 7,620 students chose to enroll at GCU. This means that 7,620 students accepted the admission offers and officially registered to attend the university for the Fall 2021 term. Among the enrolled students, 2,862 were male and 4,758 were female. -
Acceptance Rate
The acceptance rate is the percentage of applicants who were offered admission. In this case, GCU had an overall acceptance rate of 83% for the Fall 2021 enrollment season. When we break it down by gender, the acceptance rate for male applicants was 86% while the acceptance rate for female applicants was 85%. -
Yield Rate
The yield rate is the percentage of admitted students who actually chose to enroll at the university. GCU had an overall yield rate of 25% for the Fall 2021 term. The yield rate for male admitted students was 27%, and for female admitted students, it was 24%.
Admission and Enrollment Trends
The following table presents the application, admission, and enrollment statistics for GCU over the past 7 years.
Admission Requirements
Fall 2021
Grand Canyon University uses the following list of admission requirements and recommended documents when evaluating students' applications. All documents listed under the Required sections must be submitted with your application, but those listed under the Recommended section are optional.
Please double-check with the school to verify the current and complete admission requirements.Required
- Secondary school GPA
- Secondary school record
- TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language)
Recommended
- Test scores (SAT/ACT)
Neither required nor recommended
- Secondary school rank
- Completion of college-preparatory program
- Recommendation letters
- Formal demonstration of competencies
- Other tests (Wonderlic, WISC-III, etc.)
Accepted Credits
Fall 2021
The following is a list of college preparatory work and life experience that are accepted at Grand Canyon University.
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Credit for life experiences
Accepted -
Advanced placement (AP) credits
Accepted -
Dual credit (college credit earned while in high school)
Accepted
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