Grand Canyon Education, Inc. (LOPE)
Education services provider to universities, total not stated. Read October 19, 2026 from the annual report for the period ending December 31, 2025, filed February 18, 2026. Ranked 2 of the 71 Consumer Defensive companies read so far, by the share within reach now.
Within reach now
24%
End of 2028
49%
Employees, annual report
Not stated
Leading staffing pattern
Educational Support Services
Share of the working time within reach, long-run pace, four times in five
- Now24%
- End of 202741%
- End of 202849%
- End of 203051%
What changes for its people by the end of 2028, by its industries' figures
- Stays with people 49%
- Becomes checking a model's work 39%
- Handed over with lighter checks 10%
Grand Canyon Education’s employees provide marketing, enrollment, counseling, technology and curriculum services to Grand Canyon University and other partners, read as one educational support pattern; the excerpt states no total.
The figures on this page come from the company's own annual report and from BLS staffing patterns for its industries, never from a roster. They are estimates with a stated method. Nothing here says what the company will do: within reach is not a forecast of jobs lost or of savings.
What follows from the reading
Share of working time within reach of AI, on the long-run pace at four in five: 24% now, 41% at the end of 2027, 49% at the end of 2028, 51% at the end of 2030. By the patterns, the work is about 51% desk work, 41% people work and 8% body work. These are the site's industry estimates weighted by the shares below: estimates with a stated method and range, not a forecast of what the company will do. By the same patterns, at the end of 2028 about 49% of the working time stays with people (conversation, in-person and hands-on work), 39% becomes checking a model's work and 10% could be handed over with lighter checks, from the industries' own figures, not the company's roles.
Headcount
Not stated in the filing. The filing’s human capital excerpt counts no employees by country; its operations are in Phoenix and other U.S. sites.
The workforce as industry patterns
| Pattern | Share | Reason, from the filing |
|---|---|---|
| Educational Support Services | 100% | By description (c): education services to Grand Canyon University and other university partners, marketing, enrollment, counseling, technology and curriculum support, educational support services; no count by kind of work. |
What the filing says about the workforce: The human capital excerpt states no total: it reports 1,330 survey responses, a headquarters building with office space for about 2,700 employees, and the data service’s 5,830 for 2024; the 2025 total was not in the excerpt.
What the filing says about AI
16 sentences in the filing name AI. The filing names AI 16 times: a suite of AI tools including the proprietary Mosaic platform for students, faculty and staff, and AI in its marketing strategy.
- “GCE also designed its previous learning management system, LoudCloud which GCU used prior to Halo. ● Artificial Intelligence ("AI") - GCE has developed a suite of AI tools, including its proprietary Mosaic platform, which provides centralized, secure, and permission-based access for students, faculty, and staff.”
- “These solutions aim to improve operational efficiency, enhance academic support, and include training resources to advance AI literacy. ● Internal administration - We utilize a commercial customer relations management development platform to distribute, manage, track, and report on all interactions with prospective student leads as well as all active and inactive students.”
- “GCE's marketing leadership team approaches the marketplace with a data-driven, integrated marketing strategy that incorporates advanced analytics, AI, and emerging technologies, while leveraging GCE's scale, institutional knowledge, and media buying power.”
- “Marketing and Communication services may include the following: ● Lead Acquisition - GCE's marketing team employs specialists across a broad range of digital marketing channels, supported by advanced analytics and AI-enabled optimization tools.”
- “AI-assisted segmentation, content testing, and timing optimization are used to enhance relevance, engagement, and responsiveness across the student lifecycle. ● Brand Identity and Creative Strategy - GCE's creative and brand teams develop and steward strong, differentiated brands through data-informed storytelling and creative excellence.”
Its annual reports, year by year
Sentences naming AI in each annual report, counted by one rule, beside the median report in the Index that year. Each count links its filing. Every company, by year and sector
- Fiscal 20210median 0
- Fiscal 20220median 0
- Fiscal 20230median 1
- Fiscal 20247median 4
- Fiscal 202516median 10
Headcount by filing year
As reported in each year's annual report, with the filing. A year marked not read had no figure the reading could take from the report's text.
| Period | Employees | Filed | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-31 | not read | 2026-02-18 | 10-K |
| 2024-12-31 | 5,830 | 2025-02-19 | 10-K |
| 2023-12-31 | 5,800 | 2024-02-13 | 10-K |
| 2022-12-31 | 5,500 | 2023-02-16 | 10-K |
| 2021-12-31 | 4,955 | 2022-02-16 | 10-K |
| 2020-12-31 | 4,625 | 2021-02-17 | 10-K |
| 2019-12-31 | 4,350 | 2020-02-20 | 10-K |
| 2018-12-31 | 2,800 | 2019-02-20 | 10-K |
| 2017-12-31 | 4,000 | 2018-02-21 | 10-K |
| 2016-12-31 | 3,850 | 2017-02-16 | 10-K |
| 2015-12-31 | 3,650 | 2016-02-17 | 10-K |
| 2014-12-31 | 3,600 | 2015-02-18 | 10-K |
| 2013-12-31 | 3,100 | 2014-02-20 | 10-K |
| 2012-12-31 | 2,655 | 2013-02-19 | 10-K |
| 2011-12-31 | 189 | 2012-02-21 | 10-K |
| 2010-12-31 | 111 | 2011-02-22 | 10-K |
| 2009-12-31 | 522 | 2010-02-18 | 10-K |
| 2008-12-31 | 517 | 2009-02-20 | 10-K |
Limits of this reading
- The headcount is not stated in the excerpt: the collector’s 2,700 was the headquarters building’s office capacity; the data service shows 5,830 for 2024.
- No count by kind of work; one educational support pattern by description.
Source: the company's annual report on EDGAR, accession 0001104659-26-017047, the filing. Read by Claude Fable 5.1 under rubric version 1, by the method. A company can write to info@stratussc.com to have its reading checked against its filing.
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Questions about this company
- How much of Grand Canyon Education, Inc.'s working time is within reach of AI?
- An estimated 24% now and 49% by the end of 2028, on METR's long-run pace at four in five, from the workforce Grand Canyon Education, Inc.'s own annual report describes and BLS staffing patterns for its industries, never from a roster. It is an estimate with a stated method. It is not a forecast of jobs lost or of savings, and it says nothing about what the company will do.
- How many people does Grand Canyon Education, Inc. employ?
- Its annual report for the period ending December 31, 2025 does not state a headcount the reading could take.
- What kinds of work make up Grand Canyon Education, Inc.'s workforce?
- Read from its annual report as a blend of 1 industry staffing pattern, the largest Educational Support Services; by those patterns the work is about 51% desk work, 41% people work and 8% body work. Each share has a one-sentence reason on this page that can be checked against the filing.
- What does Grand Canyon Education, Inc.'s annual report say about AI?
- 16 sentences in the filing name AI. Its annual reports for fiscal 2021 to 2025 name it in 0, 0, 0, 7 and 16 sentences, year by year. They are counted and quoted on this page, never judged: a count says how much a filing talks about AI, not what the company does with it.
- How is this estimated?
- Claude Fable 5.1 read the annual report under the Index's written rubric (version 1) on October 19, 2026: the stated headcount, the share in the U.S. when stated, and the workforce as a blend of industry staffing patterns. The estimates are the site's industry estimates weighted by those shares, from O*NET tasks with estimated lengths and METR's measurements of how long a task AI models can finish. A company can write to info@stratussc.com to have its reading checked against its filing.
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