Grand Canyon Education (LOPE) executive compensation, 2026 proxy

Brian E. Mueller, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman, was paid $2M in 2025, up 1% from $2M the year before. The CEO-to-median-employee pay ratio was 33:1, on median employee pay of $62,115.

Filed
April 23, 2026
Annual meeting
June 10, 2026
Pay year
2025
Named executives
5
CEO total pay
$2M+1% vs prior year
CEO to median employee
33:1median $62,115
CEO pay in equity
60%$1.2M in awards
Prior say-on-pay support
94%of votes cast
CEO Base Salary
$321,000Unchanged for over ten years
CEO Target Bonus
$321,000Strictly performance based
Median Employee Pay
$62,115Annual total compensation
CEO to Median Pay Ratio
32.5:1For fiscal 2025

How Mueller was paid

$2M in total for 2025, as reported in the Summary Compensation Table. Equity awards are valued at grant, not at what they turned out to be worth.

Salary16%Stock awards60%Non-equity incentive24%All other compensation0%

Named executive officers

ExecutiveTotal
Brian E. MuellerChief Executive Officer and Chairman$2,020,867
Dr. W. Stan MeyerChief Operating Officer$1,482,246
Daniel E. BachusChief Financial Officer$1,477,107
Dilek MarshChief Information Officer$952,508
Kathy J. ClaypatchFormer Chief Information Officer$675,962

What changed and why

  • $2MBrian E. Mueller total compensation changed to $2,020,867 in 2025 from $2,006,779 in 2024.
  • Chief Executive Officer, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer have not accepted base salary increases in over ten years.
  • 20%Stock awards are subject to five-year vesting periods with 20% vesting annually.
  • The company maintains a clawback policy to recoup incentive compensation upon financial restatement.

About this page

Figures are automated and can be wrong; check the filing for the exact numbers. Totals follow SEC rules, which value stock and option awards at grant. Read the DEF 14A proxy statement for footnotes and the compensation committee's full reasoning.