Grand Canyon University

Official website and accounts

From this institution's Wikidata record. Figures that change every year show the latest value; earlier years and longer lists open with a click.

instance of	university private for-profit educational institution · 2004–1 July 2018 private not-for-profit educational institution · 1 July 2018–none
inception	1949
short name	GCU
industry	higher education
academic calendar type	semester

country	United States
located in the administrative territorial entity	Phoenix Maricopa County Arizona
street address	3300 W Camelback Rd, Phoenix, AZ, 85017
postal code	85017
coordinate location	33.5125, -112.1300
official website	https://www.gcu.edu/ · language of work or name: English

Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education	doctoral university: moderate research activity majority undergraduate research doctoral: single program - education four-year, large, primarily nonresidential four-year, higher part-time professions focus, some graduate coexistence

member of	Association of American Colleges and Universities
athletics program	Grand Canyon Antelopes

owned by	Grand Canyon Education

Images and media on Wikimedia Commons (2)

image	Grand Canyon University, 3300 W Camelback Rd, Phoenix, AZ 85017 - panoramio (195).jpg
logo image	Grand Canyon University (Redesigned).svg

Wikimedia and technical details (5)

Commons category	Grand Canyon University
topic's main category	Category:Grand Canyon University
category for alumni of educational institution	Category:Grand Canyon University alumni
web feed URL	https://www.gcu.edu/rss.xml
social media followers	147,366 · X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 15853191 · 12 February 2023 91,100 · YouTube channel ID: UCNlCLbfwsNGySLzPxaL1OxQ · 20 September 2025 Earlier figures (3) 130,345 · X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 15853191 · 24 February 2022 124,329 · X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 15853191 · 5 January 2021 125,178 · X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 15853191 · 20 April 2020

Identifiers in other databases (27)

Crunchbase organization ID	grand-canyon-university
DOI prefix	10.9743
Facebook username	GrandCanyonU
Freebase ID	/m/07gp_k
GeoNames ID	5296396
GNIS Feature ID	5214
Google Scholar organization ID	10521805487690980053
GRID ID	grid.411801.d
Instagram username	gcu
Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System ID	104717
IRS Employer Identification Number	47-2507725
ISNI	0000000104427560 0000000419368980
Library of Congress Authorities ID	no95019488
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)	311071055
OpenAlex ID	I311071055
OpenStreetMap relation ID	6180064
Quora topic ID	Grand-Canyon-University Grand-Canyon-University-Online
Ringgold ID	6575
ROR ID	014kv8184
SEVIS school ID	3601
SNARC ID	Q146237
Threads username	gcu
VIAF cluster ID	156233948
Wolfram Language entity code	Entity["University", "GrandCanyonUniversity::v5pdt"]
X (Twitter) username	gcu · has characteristic: verified account or profile · number of subscribers: 125,178 · X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 15853191 · 20 April 2020
YouTube channel ID	UCNlCLbfwsNGySLzPxaL1OxQ · subject named as: Grand Canyon University · number of works: 5,101 · number of subscribers: 91,200 · number of viewers/listeners: 989,755,867 · 21 September 2025
‎Scilit organization ID	5180