Grand Canyon University

Grand Canyon University (GCU) is a private, revenue driven Christian college situated in Phoenix, Arizona, United States. GCU was established in 1949 as a non-benefit human sciences school, and is bought by Grand Canyon Education, Inc. (NASDAQ: LOPE) in February 2004. Fantastic Canyon University is authorize by the Higher Learning Commission and gives grounds based and also online postsecondary instruction administrations concentrated on graduate and college degree programs in training, human sciences, business, and medicinal services through its eight schools. 

History 

The school was established as a charitable foundation in 1949 in Prescott. Arizona Southern Baptists felt the need to set up a religious organization that would permit neighborhood Baptists the chance to get a lone ranger's or graduate degree without going east to one of the Baptist universities in Texas or Oklahoma. On October 8, 1951, Grand Canyon College migrated to its present area in Phoenix. Enduring money related and different challenges in the early part of the 21st century, the school's trustees approved its deal in January 2004 to California-based Significant Education, LLC, making it the first revenue driven Christian school in the United States.

In the fall of 2014, with the school in a superior place monetarily, it declared the investigation of an arrival to non-benefit status on October 29. The college's leader and CEO, Brian Mueller, said in an announcement: "We don't have a philosophical issue with having a revenue driven status and having financial specialists. Be that as it may, the shame encompassing the revenue driven industry – some of which is merited, and some not – is genuine and it is not making strides. Also, regardless of what GCU does to particular itself, its spoilers keep on attempting to utilize this disgrace to bring down GCU's success." Mueller has noticed that GCU has been safe to a great deal of the issues connected with revenue driven schools, predominantly in view of its territorial accreditation. 

Campus

In 2006, the Grand Canyon University grounds got a US$150 million makeover including a block promenade, an aquatics focus, with pool and hot tub, and a bistro offering a grouping of recreations and wide screen televisions. In 2009, Grand Canyon University's grounds started deal with a $60 million grounds development venture which incorporates a 500-bed quarters, a 55,000-square-foot (5,100 m2) wellness and diversion focus, 125-classroom office, sustenance court and playing alley, and a 5,000 seat stadium. The GCU Arena, which opened on September 2, 2011, is used for common and non-mainstream shows, speakers, and occasions, and also being home to Grand Canyon University's Men's and Women's b-ball groups, and Women's Volleyball games, starting in the fall of 2013. The three-year-old stadium is as of now experiencing significant development starting in Spring of 2014 with the objective of extending to around 7,000 seats.

Colleges

• College of Humanities and Social Sciences
• College of Education
• College of Doctoral Studies
• College of Fine Arts and Production
• College of Nursing and Health Care Professions
• College of Theology
• Colangelo College of Business
• College of Science, Engineering, and Technology