Nature of Business	9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2020
Nature of Business
Nature of Business	1. Nature of Business Grand Canyon Education, Inc. (together with its subsidiaries, the “Company” or “GCE”) is a publicly traded education services company dedicated to serving colleges and universities. GCE has developed significant technological solutions, infrastructure and operational processes to provide services to these institutions on a large scale. GCE’s most significant university partner is Grand Canyon University (“GCU”), an Arizona non-profit corporation, a comprehensive regionally accredited university that offers graduate and undergraduate degree programs, emphases and certificates across nine colleges both online and on ground at its campus in Phoenix, Arizona. In January 2019, GCE began providing education services to numerous university partners across the United States, through our wholly owned subsidiary, Orbis Education, which we acquired, by merger on January 22, 2019 for $361,184, net of cash acquired (the “Acquisition”). Therefore, the results of operations for the nine months ended September 30, 2019 include Orbis Education’s financial results for the period from January 22, 2019 to September 30, 2019. See Note 2 to our consolidated financial statements for a full description of the Acquisition. Together with Orbis Education, GCE works in partnership with a growing number of top universities and healthcare networks across the country to develop high-quality, career-ready graduates who enter the workforce and ease healthcare industry demands primarily by offering healthcare related academic programs at off-campus classroom and laboratory sites located near healthcare providers. As of September 30, 2020, GCE provides education services to 25 university partners across the United States.

Nature of Business

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2020

1. Nature of Business

Grand Canyon Education, Inc. (together with its subsidiaries, the “Company” or “GCE”) is a publicly traded education services company dedicated to serving colleges and universities. GCE has developed significant technological solutions, infrastructure and operational processes to provide services to these institutions on a large scale. GCE’s most significant university partner is Grand Canyon University (“GCU”), an Arizona non-profit corporation, a comprehensive regionally accredited university that offers graduate and undergraduate degree programs, emphases and certificates across nine colleges both online and on ground at its campus in Phoenix, Arizona.

In January 2019, GCE began providing education services to numerous university partners across the United States, through our wholly owned subsidiary, Orbis Education, which we acquired, by merger on January 22, 2019 for $361,184, net of cash acquired (the “Acquisition”). Therefore, the results of operations for the nine months ended September 30, 2019 include Orbis Education’s financial results for the period from January 22, 2019 to September 30, 2019. See Note 2 to our consolidated financial statements for a full description of the Acquisition. Together with Orbis Education, GCE works in partnership with a growing number of top universities and healthcare networks across the country to develop high-quality, career-ready graduates who enter the workforce and ease healthcare industry demands primarily by offering healthcare related academic programs at off-campus classroom and laboratory sites located near healthcare providers.

As of September 30, 2020, GCE provides education services to 25 university partners across the United States.