"Some of the instructors I have experienced in the online classrooms have been very responsive and helpful. A few instructors take forever to grade assignments or provide feedback to help on your academic journey. When I voiced this concern to my student services counselor, I was given a phone meeting appointment that they missed leaving me feeling as though I am not being heard or being taken seriously. As a student that also works 30+ hours a week, I do not feel valued in my academic studies at the moment."

Anon

Reviewed: 6/27/2026
Degree: Social Work
Graduation Year: 2026

"This school was super easy to work with, UNTIL I had an issue. They bounced problems person to person. I had multiple appts set up with my advisor when she just causally failed to call me or follow up. I only got responses to about 25% of the emails I sent. Not only this, but I got vastly different numbers when asking for help with my finances, and the people who originally told me the numbers ghosted me after the other counselor admitted my loan was double what I was told it would be."

Wonderful2026

Reviewed: 6/27/2026
Degree: Computer and Information Science
Graduation Year: 2026

"Worst school experience of my life! If I could give this university -100 stars, I would. The Student Services and Financial Aid staff made my life incredibly difficult throughout 2024. Prior to that, I loved attending GCU, which is why I returned to earn my second master’s degree. Unfortunately, my experience completely changed, and I would not recommend this university to anyone."

Courtney

Reviewed: 6/16/2026
Degree: Substance Abuse Counseling
Graduation Year: 2022

"GCU provided the education i needed to become a successful substance abuse counselor while aligning my Christ centered views with the mission of the university. I would highly recommend GCU to any undergrad student seeking a higher quality education with a concenient schedule."

Reviewed: 6/15/2026
Degree: Elementary Education
Graduation Year: 2025

"Overall GCU is a great school, and the way the classes are run worked well for me as I was also working full time while I attended. It is important to keep in mind that this is a Christian College, and while I was told that there would be one class that was heavily Christian based, I have found several of my classes pull heavily from the Christian bible. This is fine but something I know may not make all people looking to attend comfortable. Other than that most of the teachers are great, I did have a few that were hard to work with, but that's true in any school. Keep in mind you will be doing shorter faster paced classes, it is a lot of reading, prepare yourself to make sure you have the time for the reading."

Jennifer Hansen-Silva

Reviewed: 6/5/2026
Degree: Substance Abuse Counseling
Graduation Year: 2020

"Grand Canyon University online was an great school to attend online, and a had a great team to work with. The teachers are really nice, and easy to communicate with, and the curriculum was easy to understand. The schools academic department is easy to work with as well and had a lot of resources to offer."

T Bradford

Reviewed: 6/5/2026
Degree: Nursing
Graduation Year: 2017

"Excellent Christian based college that is surrounded with positive and supportive staff! From enrollment advisor down to classroom teachers was a seamless and smooth experience that allowed me to learn and grow. Very Appreciative of the education I received at GCU. GCU Lopes for life and proud!"

Kris

Reviewed: 5/27/2026
Degree: Education
Graduation Year: 2026

"I had a very positive experience. There were a couple of hiccups with not communicating from the advisor/counselor when it came to my last year. I just finished my last year. I had no problems with teachers/professors. All seemed knowledgeable and worked with me. My brother passed away while I was attending and I did mention to my teacher that I was sorry my work my be delayed since I was having to deal with everything. She was extremely understanding and was very helpful in that time. I have been in the early education field for 27 years and the course work was great, I definitely had to work hard at it. I am now looking into getting my masters"

Dejon Williams

Reviewed: 5/7/2026
Degree: Accounting
Graduation Year: 2025

"This review based on my experience at grand canyon University is based on my personal experience as a student there, after completing my master's degree there the experience I enjoyed was based on pleasant encounters from the price of being a student there to the teachers and teachings."

Peter

Reviewed: 5/6/2026
Degree: Elementary Education
Graduation Year: 2025

"I attended Grand Canyon University from 2023 to 2025 and graduated in May 2025 with a Masters in Elementary Education. Overall, I am happy with my experience at GCU. I was able to complete my studies while working full time with my schedule and felt I was able to learn a lot from the classes. My professors, for the most part, were responsive and fair, and taught necessary skills for the classroom in those two years. My major complaint is I felt it was fairly expensive for being an online program, but maybe that is every college nowadays."

Chad

Reviewed: 5/6/2026
Degree: Elementary Education
Graduation Year: 2015

"I graduated from GCU with a degree in elementary education as an online student. It was an overall good experience. Most of the teachers were helpful and fair. The assignments were reasonable although a bit too much of writing papers. I am glad to never write a paper again. You are able to still have interaction with other students as I have a couple friends from this time that I still talk to and were helpful while we attended at the same time. The counselors were fantastic. My academic counselor was great and always there to help and listen and provide any guidance. The enrollment process was very smooth and rather simple. The enrollment counselor was superb. She was the best of all staff at the school. Upbeat and helpful and kind. It has has a Christian focus but without being in your face about it. I would recommend attending GCU to anyone."

Anonymous

Reviewed: 4/24/2026
Degree: Psychology
Graduation Year: 2017

"I feel that overall I was pushed into a general degree rather than looking into the specialized programs that I was interested in. I was advised to go into general psych rather than the social work degree I was interested in pursuing. It felt like anytime I needed help that nobody was there to assist much less answer my questions."

Viola

Reviewed: 4/23/2026
Degree: Social Work
Graduation Year: 2025

"I attended Grand canyon University to pursue my master's degree in social work. I graduated May 2025 and the program was about 17 months long. I participated in the advanced standing program for my master's degree. I was only on campus one time and that was her graduation but I can say the campus is beautiful clean and very nice. I enjoyed my time getting my degree at Grand canyon University and I would recommend it to anyone else pursuing their masters degree in social work."

Vivian Mariita

Reviewed: 4/2/2026
Degree: Nursing
Graduation Year: 2020

"Grand Canyon University’s online nursing classes are flexible, well-structured, and supported by responsive instructors. The coursework is engaging and practical, allowing students to balance school with life while gaining the skills needed for a successful nursing career."

Carra

Reviewed: 4/1/2026
Degree: Elementary Education
Graduation Year: 2023

"There are pros and cons with every school, with this school it was super nice to have it be fully online. I had 1-2 kids at this time and it really made it easier as a stay at home. Cons were the price it was and (still is) high because I’m paying for it still. The classes were good and bad. Some teachers just gave grades Willy nilly it felt like. Others actually cared. The submission for assignments was once a week and discussion posts were twice a week. I wouldn’t rave over the school but it got me to where I needed to be ."

Reviewed: 4/1/2026
Degree: Education
Graduation Year: 2027

"Hello, the same as the last review with horrible trouble with access being hit or miss. For weeks now, still major issues with username and or password not working. I have missed class time. Signing out is another issue and takes 2-12+ times to work. This has been going on for weeks now with each day is utterly hoping and praying for access because I never know if I can even get in. All i get are auto replies with no help and most of the time offices are closed. I have missed days of class because of no access. Everyone just points fingers with no help correcting. Without total access on command, it is very difficult to do well with classes. I am completely frustrated and discouraged with this entire setup. Tech sending off an auto reply by email does not fix the issues."

emcf

Reviewed: 3/20/2026
Degree: Clinical Psychology
Graduation Year: 2018

"It was a good experience, although VERY EXPENSIVE for a master's program (which doesnt qualify for grants). Education quality was really good and I never had an issue with any of the educators. However, at times it was difficult to get ahold of people in admin for post graduate paperwork."

Alyssa Eilert

Reviewed: 2/9/2026
Degree: Counseling
Graduation Year: 2021

"Personally, I was rather disappointed with my overall experience with Grand Canyon University. From the beginning, I had conversations with the university and a clear plan in place, which was to seek a Marriage and Family Therapist License with my state. I encountered a great deal of reassurance from my advisor that the university program would successfully meet the strict requirements for my state, only to eventually discover it would not actually meet those requirements. I only discovered this after numerous conversations and halfway through my program, where I caught my academic advisor in a lie about the program's academic plan. I was assigned a new academic advisor and reassured by the Dean of my Program's Department that the academic advisor I had was reprimanded and no longer with the university, particularly when I pressed them for a refund of my admissions and coursework, as it would not meet my desired requirements despite having thise reassurances from my advisor. The Dean asked me to not press for that refund and helped me to find an alternative license that was, in fact, met by their program. Three months before I was set to graduate, my new advisor went on medical leave and I was reassigned to my original advisor, who, I discovered, was never disciplined and certainly not fired. Overall, the professionalism of this university was lacking, the coursework was laughable in depth, repeating a majority of the topics covered in my undergraduate program, and I paid over forty thousand dollars for a piece of paper to please my state government. I have since made it my personal mission to warn people to not attend this university, but certainly not the particular program to which I was enrolled."

Reviewed: 1/15/2026
Degree: RN to MSN
Graduation Year: 2026

"I’ve never been terribly impressed with any online courses including this one. I definitely prefer a classroom setting with a live teacher. However, there are resources available when needed, and I am grateful for the opportunity to complete this degree."

Erich C Senn

Reviewed: 1/2/2026
Degree: Teaching
Graduation Year: 2026

"I have been locked out because my username does not work. This is the third time now and with no help. I have reset and cleared everything on my end. Still, it does not work. I have called tech, I have emailed. I have put in over a dozen requests. I have called multiple times, and it only rings a few times then will disconnect. I only get some useless AI auto reply that is set on auto pilot. I have tried everything. I have missed major class time and can get no assistance, a simple call, no useful info that works, nothing at all. I probably have sent two dozen requests to a supposed tech department that still to this day, no help. This is awful. This is a nightmare and not at all what I was really hoping for. I am now worried that I am so far behind, that I can't complete this course. My username when it did work for a few days at a time did not help the constant worry of no access such as right now. I have emailed admissions and still no reply. Everybody is only set on auto AI reply and do not respond. That is no good when things do not work or go wrong. Not what I was expecting or hoping for and very disappointed."