Grand Canyon University is harder to get into (79% vs 88% admitted), but students with aid paid less there on average (in-state): $14,694 vs $21,509 a year.
Highlighted = the better number: lower price or debt, higher rate or pay.
Sticker price per year (in-state at public colleges)
$33,674
$30,823
Average paid after grants (in-state at public colleges)
$21,509
$14,694
Average paid from out of state, estimated
$21,509
$36,886
What in-state families with aid paid, by income
Measure
Grand Canyon University
Arizona State University
Under $30,000
$21,512
$9,413
$30,000–$48,000
$23,979
$10,689
$48,000–$75,000
—
$15,698
$75,000–$110,000
$13,488
$18,479
Over $110,000
—
$24,047
After you start
Measure
Grand Canyon University
Arizona State University
Undergrads
73,371
64,674
Graduate within 6 years
43%
68%
Come back for year two
72%
87%
Median earnings 10 years after starting
$50,609
$69,111
Median debt at graduation
$24,000
$19,151
Highlighted only when the gap is at least 5%. "Average paid" is what students who got federal aid paid per year after grants, not a price quote; at public colleges the income rows are in-state students. The out-of-state estimate adds a public college's extra out-of-state tuition to its in-state average; out-of-state students usually get less aid, so many pay more. How we get our numbers