Grand Canyon University president salary and executive pay
Grand Canyon University paid its president, Brian Mueller, $799,495 for the fiscal year ending June 2025. That is up $9,932 (1.3%) from the fiscal year ending June 2024. Grand Canyon University ranks 91st of 100 universities on this site by president's pay. Grand Canyon University has 4 Form 990 returns on record, for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025.
Last updated from IRS e-file data. EIN 47-2507725, Phoenix, AZ.
President, fiscal year ending June 2025
$799,495
Highest-paid person, fiscal year ending June 2025
$1,731,242Bryce DrewHead Basketball Coach
- Total revenue
- $2,009,925,571
- Pay vs. peers
- Higher than 12%
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending June 2025, IRS object ID 202620419349300742.View the filing
Peers: the 94 other universities on this site. Ranked 83rd of 95 by top pay as a share of revenue. Pay is 0.04% of revenue, our calculation from the same return. Revenue is Part I, line 12; peers are compared on their latest full-year returns.
Highest-paid people on the latest return
On the latest return, 9 people were paid more than $500,000, 1 of them more than $1 million.
| Name and title | Total |
|---|---|
| Bryce DrewHead Basketball Coach | $1,731,242 |
| Daniel MajerleFormer Head Basketball Coach | $1,000,000 |
| Brian Mueller President President | $799,495 |
| Randall GibbProvost | $782,467 |
| Jennifer LechVice Provost | $722,709 |
President's pay by year
Each row is the president on that year's return.
| Fiscal year ending | Name and title | Total | Revenue | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2025 | Brian Mueller President President | $799,495 | $2,009,925,571 | Filing |
| Jun 2024 | Brian Mueller President President | $789,563 | $1,870,735,835 | Filing |
| Jun 2023 | Brian Mueller President President | $660,952 | $1,688,317,236 | Filing |
| Jun 2022 | BRIAN MUELLER President PRESIDENT | $701,999 | $1,645,639,814 | Filing |
How this pay was reported
The parts of each total, as reported on the return for the fiscal year ending June 2025.
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending June 2025, IRS object ID 202620419349300742.View the filing
| Part VII | Schedule J | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name and title | From org | Other | Base | Bonus | Other | Deferred | Nontaxable | Total |
| Bryce DrewHead Basketball Coach | $1,726,205 | $5,037 | $1,544,963 | $180,000 | $1,242 | $0 | $5,037 | $1,731,242 |
| Daniel Majerle*Former Head Basketball Coach | $1,000,000 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $1,000,000 | $0 | $0 | $1,000,000 |
| Brian MuellerPresident | $799,495 | $0 | $321,000 | $471,796 | $6,699 | $0 | $0 | $799,495 |
| Randall GibbProvost | $606,652 | $175,815 | $364,781 | $63,295 | $178,576 | $175,000 | $815 | $782,467 |
| Jennifer LechVice Provost | $539,497 | $183,212 | $273,819 | $64,005 | $201,673 | $175,000 | $8,212 | $722,709 |
These figures come from Grand Canyon University's Form 990 returns, as the IRS publishes them. The methodology page explains how they're chosen. To report an error, email corrections@ceopaycheck.com.
How Grand Canyon University compares
Ranked 91st of 100 universities by president's pay.
Closest in revenue among the universities on this site:
George Washington University$1,907,439 (President), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Syracuse University$1,845,442 (President), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Brown University$1,953,784 (President), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Tulane University$2,851,000 (President), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Liberty University$1,127,660 (President), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Common questions
Brian Mueller (President) was paid $799,495 for the fiscal year ending June 2025: $799,495 from Grand Canyon University and $0 in other compensation (Part VII columns D and F). Grand Canyon University ranks 91st of 100 universities on this site by president's pay.
The highest-paid person on the latest return was Bryce Drew (Head Basketball Coach), at $1,731,242. That is $931,747 more than the president, Brian Mueller. Next was Daniel Majerle (Former Head Basketball Coach), at $1,000,000. On the latest return, 9 people were paid more than $500,000, 1 of them more than $1 million.
Grand Canyon University paid its president, Brian Mueller, $799,495 for the fiscal year ending June 2025. That is up $9,932 (1.3%) from the fiscal year ending June 2024. The earliest return on record is for the fiscal year ending June 2022, when the president was BRIAN MUELLER, paid $701,999. By fiscal year end: June 2022, $701,999 (BRIAN MUELLER); June 2023, $660,952; June 2024, $789,563; June 2025, $799,495.
From the 4 Form 990 returns Grand Canyon University filed with the IRS for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025. Schedule J of the fiscal year ending June 2025 return breaks down pay for all 5 people in the pay breakdown above. The methodology page explains how they're chosen.