Grand Canyon Education Inc.'s shares soared Wednesday after the for-profit education company reported first-quarter results that far exceeded market expectations, and it issued a strong full-year forecast.

PHOENIX, May 7, 2013 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Grand Canyon Education, Inc. (NASDAQ:LOPE) , a regionally accredited provider of online and campus-based postsecondary education services, today announced financial results for the quarter ended ...

Grand Canyon Education, Inc. (Nasdaq:LOPE) announced today that it will report its 2013 first quarter results after market close on Tuesday, May 7, 2013.

Grand Canyon Education, Inc. (NASDAQ:LOPE) a company that provides postsecondary education services in the United States and Canada is currently up (+14.18%) on 1,379,138 shares traded after Grand Canyon Education, Inc. Reported its First Quarter ...

Brian Mueller, the president and CEO of Grand Canyon Education Inc. (the university's parent company) said in a May 7 conference call that the company has decided not to build campuses in Albuquerque or Las Vegas, focusing instead on Tucson and ...

Grand Canyon Education Incorporated presently has an average rating of Buy and a consensus target price of $29.24. Grand Canyon Education, Inc. is a provider of online postsecondary education services focused on offering graduate and undergraduate ...

Grand Canyon Education, Inc. is a provider of online postsecondary education services focused on offering graduate and undergraduate degree programs in its core disciplines of education, business, and healthcare.

A jump in enrollment and a gain from a settlement helped Grand Canyon Education Inc. beat expectations and boost profits by 44 percent in the first quarter.

But a look at some of the biggest names by market capitalization shows that one for-profit education company is actually putting up handsome returns � and still looks like a comparative bargain.

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