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Nature of Business (Details)	9 Months Ended
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Nature Of Operations
Number of university partners	20
Grand Canyon University
Nature Of Operations
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Number of off-campus classroom and laboratory sites	11

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Number of online and on ground colleges offering graduate and undergraduate degrees within the university.

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The number of off-campus classroom and laboratory sites.

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