Grand Canyon Education, Inc. LOPE

What this company does

GCE provides education services to 20 university partners across the United States, as of December 31, 2025. Its headquarters in Phoenix, Arizona include a four-story, 325,000 square foot administrative building with office space for approximately 2,700 employees, and a parking garage. Technology and academic services provided by GCE include maintenance of university partners' educational infrastructure, such as online course delivery and management, student records, assessment, and customer relations management systems. GCE also provides marketing and communication services, including lead acquisition, digital communication strategies, brand and creative development, media planning and optimization, video production, business intelligence and market research. Its counseling services and support include one-on-one admissions counseling, schedule counseling and financial counseling for prospective and current students of its university partners. GCE additionally provides back-office services to GCU that include finance, human resources and audit functions. The company was incorporated as a Delaware corporation in 2008 and completed its initial public offering in November 2008.

Written from the business description in Grand Canyon Education, Inc.'s annual report to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, filed 18 February 2026. Every sentence was checked against that document before publication.