Quad

Head-to-head

California Baptist
Grand Canyon

Key differences

The biggest gaps between these schools, largest first.

  1. 1

    Grand Canyon has 9.0× as many undergrads as California Baptist

    Undergrads
  2. 2

    California Baptist grads earn $19.3K more ten years out than Grand Canyon's ($61,504 vs. $42,186)

    Median earnings, 10 yrs
  3. 3

    California Baptist's grants cover 47% of its full price on average, vs. 28% at Grand Canyon

    Aid generosity
  4. 4

    California Baptist graduates 16 pts more of its students than Grand Canyon (62% vs. 45%)

    Graduation rate
  5. 5

    Grand Canyon costs about $5.3K less per year on average than California Baptist ($24,177 vs. $29,432, all students)

    Average cost, all students
  6. 6

    Grand Canyon has 6 pts more first-gen students than California Baptist (47% vs. 42%)

    First-generation students

The shape of each school

Each axis is a national rank among 4-year colleges; further out = more of it.

SelectivityTest scoresSizePell shareFirst-genDiversity

Hollow dots at the center mean that measure isn't reported.

Who's hardest to get into

Grand Canyon admits 79%, California Baptist 85%; California Baptist's yield is higher, at 24%.

Acceptance rate
California Baptist85%
Grand Canyon79%
Quad's selectivity
  • California BaptistAccessible
  • Grand CanyonOpen
SAT middle 50%Axis 900–1600
California BaptistTest-blind
Grand Canyon
1006–1113
How they read a recordfirst-years at 3.75+
  • California BaptistRigor, GPA, and tests very important41%
  • Grand CanyonGPA and school record required

Who's on each campus

Grand Canyon is nine times California Baptist's size and has the larger Pell share.

Undergrads
California Baptist8.2K
Grand Canyon73.4K
Pell Grant share
California Baptist42%
Grand Canyon46%

Majors and faculty

Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse leads at both; Grand Canyon has 20 students per faculty member to California Baptist's 21.

Students per faculty member
California Baptist21 to 1
Grand Canyon20 to 1
Most popular majorshare of graduates
  • California BaptistRegistered Nursing/Registered Nurse10%
  • Grand CanyonRegistered Nursing/Registered Nurse23%

What each costs

Grand Canyon costs about $5.3K less a year than California Baptist on average; California Baptist's grants cover the larger share of its price.

Average cost, all students
California Baptist$29.4K
Grand Canyon$24.2K
Aid generosity
California Baptist47%
Grand Canyon28%

What each pays off

California Baptist's former students earn more, a median $61.5K ten years after enrolling; six-year graduation runs from 62% at California Baptist to 45% at Grand Canyon.

Median earnings, 10 years
California Baptist$61.5K
Grand Canyon$42.2K
Graduation rate
California Baptist62%
Grand Canyon45%

How each has changed

Applications grew at both; both got less selective.

Applications, 10-year change
  • California BaptistGrowing+90%
  • Grand CanyonGrowing+114%
All the numbersEvery figure for these colleges in one table, with differences highlighted.
Sources for this comparisonEvery dataset and year behind the numbers in this comparison; tap any ⓘ for one number's source

Sources:IPEDS Admissions survey, Fall 2024;College Scorecard, Fall 2024;College Scorecard, most recent release;IPEDS Institutional Characteristics survey, 2023–24;IPEDS Student Financial Aid survey, 2023–24;California Baptist University Common Data Set 2023–24, Fall 2025 applicants;California Baptist University Common Data Set 2023–24, Fall 2023;College Scorecard, Entered fall 2023;IPEDS Fall Enrollment survey (part D), Fall 2024;IPEDS Completions survey (degrees awarded by field), 2024–25 graduates;College Scorecard, 2023–24;IPEDS Graduation Rates survey (Pell Grant and subsidized loan recipients), Entered fall 2018About the data(retrieved 2026-10-12)

Figures are the newest each college has published; years can differ between colleges. Each value's ⓘ shows its source and year. Why