SEC Form 4 
FORM 4	UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 	  
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
Meyer William Stan	

(Last)	(First)	(Middle)	
3300 W. CAMELBACK ROAD	

(Street) 
PHOENIX	AZ	85017	

(City)	(State)	(Zip)	
	2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol 
Grand Canyon Education, Inc. [ LOPE ] 	5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer 
(Check all applicable) 
	Director		10% Owner	
X	Officer (give title below)		Other (specify below)	
Chief Operating Officer	
		
	3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
11/08/2012 		
	4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)	6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) 
X	Form filed by One Reporting Person	
	Form filed by More than One Reporting Person	
	
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned	
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3) 	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 	4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 	5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) 	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) 	
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price				
Common Stock	11/08/2012		M		10,000	A	$12 	49,500	D		
Common Stock	11/08/2012		S(1) 		10,000	D	$22.61(2) 	39,500	D		
Common Stock	11/09/2012		M		10,000	A	$12 	49,500	D		
Common Stock	11/09/2012		S(1) 		10,000	D	$21.71(3) 	39,500	D		
Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities) 	
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3) 	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 	5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 	6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)	7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4) 	8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5) 	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4) 	10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) 	
				Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares					
Stock Option (Right to Buy)	$12 	11/08/2012		M			10,000	11/19/2009	11/18/2018	Common Stock	10,000	$0.00 	427,315	D		
Stock Option (Right to Buy)	$12 	11/09/2012		M			10,000	11/19/2009	11/18/2018	Common Stock	10,000	$0.00 	417,315	D		
Explanation of Responses:	
1. These sales were effected pursuant to a 10b5-1 plan adopted by the reporting person dated September 13, 2012. The Plan terminated on November 9, 2012.	
2. The price reported in Column 4 is a weighted average price. These shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $22.11 to $23.39, inclusive. The reporting person undertakes to provide to Grand Canyon Education, Inc., any security holder of Grand Canyon Education, Inc., or the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission, upon request, full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price within the ranges set forth in footnotes (2) and (3) to this Form 4.	
3. The price reported in Column 4 is a weighted average price. These shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $21.48 to $21.97, inclusive.	
Remarks:	
	
	/s/ Lyn Bickle, Attorney-in-Fact	11/09/2012	
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date	
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LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY
FOR SECTION 16(a) REPORTING

        KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned hereby makes,
constitutes and appoints Daniel E. Bachus, Brian M. Roberts and Lyn Bickle, and
each of them, as the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact (the
"Attorney-in Fact"), with full power of substitution and resubstitution, each
with the power to act alone for the undersigned and in the undersigned's name,
place and stead, in any and all capacities to:

        1.      prepare, execute and file with the Securities and Exchange Commission, any
national securities exchange or securities quotation system and Grand Canyon
Education, Inc. (the "Company") any and all reports (including any amendment
thereto) of the undersigned required or considered advisable under Section 16(a)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), and the
rules and regulations thereunder, with respect to the equity securities of the
Company, including Forms 3, 4 and 5; and

        2.      obtain, as the undersigned's representative and on the undersigned's behalf,
information regarding transactions in the Company's equity securities from any
third party, including the Company and any brokers, dealers, employee benefit
plan administrators and trustees, and the undersigned hereby authorizes any such
third party to release any such information to the Attorney-in-Fact.

        The undersigned acknowledges that:

        1.      this Limited Power of Attorney authorizes, but does not require, the
Attorney-in-Fact to act at his or her discretion on information provided to such
Attorney-in-Fact without independent verification of such information;

        2.      any documents prepared or executed by the Attorney-in-Fact on behalf of the
undersigned pursuant to this Limited Power of Attorney will be in such form and
will contain such information as the Attorney-in-Fact, in his or her discretion,
deems necessary or desirable;

        3.      neither the Company nor the Attorney-in-Fact assumes any liability for the
undersigned's responsibility to comply with the requirements of Section 16 of
the Exchange Act, any liability of the undersigned for any failure to comply
with such requirements, or any liability of the undersigned for disgorgement of
profits under Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act; and

        4.      this Limited Power of Attorney does not relieve the undersigned from
responsibility for compliance with the undersigned's obligations under Section
16 of the Exchange Act, including, without, limitation, the reporting
requirements under Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act.

        The undersigned hereby grants to the Attorney-in-Fact full power and authority
to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite, necessary or
convenient to be done in connection with the foregoing, as fully, to all intents
and purposes, as the undersigned might or could do in person, hereby ratifying
and confirming all that the Attorney-in-Fact, or his or her substitute or
substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by authority of this Limited
Power of Attorney.

        This Limited Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the
undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 4 or 5 with respect to the
undersigned's transactions in equity securities of the Company, unless earlier
revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the
Attorney-in-Fact.

        This Limited Power of Attorney shall be governed and construed in accordance
the laws of the State of Arizona without regard to conflict-of-law principles.

        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Limited Power of Attorney
as of May 11, 2012.

Signature: /s/ W. Stan Meyer

Print Name: W. Stan Meyer