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Apollo - (NASDAQ:APOL, 6.17B) Career Education (CECO), Corinthian Colleges (COCO), DeVry (DV,3.67B), ITT Educational Services (NYSE:ESI, 2B), Maximus (MMS), Capella (NASDAQ: CPLA,1.05B)

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Apollo - Revenue, Net Income and Net Margin - links + Apollo Global

www.apollogrp.edu
Apollo Group - Wikipedia
Stock:Apollo Group (APOL)
Apollo Group, Inc.: NASDAQ:APOL quotes & news - Google Finance
APOL: Summary for Apollo Group, Inc.- Yahoo! Finance

See annual report 2010.
100,000 graduated in 2010.
November 2005, the combined enrollment of the four U.S. domestic universities (UOPX, WIU, Axia, CFFP) was approximately 315,350 students.


www.apolloglobal.us
U.S.  Apollo Global, Inc. is a consolidated subsidiary of Apollo Group, Inc., and is a $1 billion joint venture formed in 2007 between Apollo Group, Inc. and The Carlyle Group, a private equity firm.

Laureate Education and Laureate International Universities - worldwide network

Laureate.net

Video: Laureate International Universities: The Most Trusted Name in Global Higher Education

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550,000 students around the world LIU spans 21 countries and more than 100 campuses

Education Management Corporation - privately owned.

Education Management Corporation - Home
EDMC: Education Management Corp Summary - Bloomberg
Education Management Corporation
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Employs approximately 19,000 faculty and staff and had enrollment of approximately 158,300 students as of its fall 2010 semester. EDMC was founded in 1962.

June 1, 2006 transaction, in which a consortium of private equity investors acquired Education Management in a transaction valued at approximately $3.4 billion. The principal investors in Education Management are Providence Equity Partners, Goldman Sachs Capital Partners and Leeds Equity Partners. The leveraged buyout of EDMC was the largest buyout in the for-profit education sector to that point.[2]

In 2010 Education Management Corporation spent $410,000 on lobbying in the first nine months, up eightfold from $50,000 a year earlier.




DeVry Inc (NYSE:DV - 3.67B) - includes Keller Graduate School of Management

Associate, Bachelor's, Master's & Online Degrees | DeVry University
DeVry University - Wikipedia
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DeVry (DV)
Online MBA, Master's Degrees & Graduate Certificates | Keller Graduate School of Management
Associate, Bachelor's, Master's & Online Degrees | DeVry University

DeVry has an enrollment of 80,000+ undergraduate and graduate students. According to the university 237,000+ students have graduated since 1975. The university has more than 90 campuses throughout North America and confers degrees in technology, science, business, the arts, and management.

US and Canada

Capella Education Co. - Nasdaq: CPLA (1.05B)

Online Education Degree Program - Online Degree Programs - Online University Degrees
Capella Education Company - Investor Relations - Investor Relations Home
Capella University - Wikipedia
CPLA: Summary for Capella Education Company- Yahoo! Finance
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US News: Year founded: 1993 , Total enrollment: 31,998

More about Capella
Wikipedia: More than 38,000 learners are enrolled from all 50 states and 52 other countries, with 30% enrolled in doctoral programs, 48 percent enrolled in master's programs, and 22 percent enrolled in bachelor's programs. A faculty of 1,278 professors with 83 percent holding doctoral degrees. Capella faculty live in 47 states and 5 foreign countries.

Uses Blackboard for teaching.

Strayer University - (NASDAQ:STRA - 1.78B)

http://www.strayer.edu

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strayer_University

www.google.com/finance?q=NASDAQ%3ASTRA

More than 54,000 students are enrolled at over 80 campuses.

Total enrollment (online campus): 54,325

Kaplan of the The Washington Post (NYSE:WPO)-

www.kaplan.com

The Washington Post Corporate site

Education Division

Annual report: http://www.washpostco.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=62487&p=irol-reportsAnnual

Most of the Post´s profits came from Kaplan.

Year founded: 1937

Total enrollment (online campus): 70,011

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Corinthian Colleges, Inc (COCO, 422.84M)

www.google.com/finance?q=coco

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corinthian_Colleges

According to its 2009 Annual Report, CCi's system of for-profit schools enrolls 86,088 students as of June 30, 2009

Annual Report 2009: Our company was founded in 1995 and we completed an initial public offering in 1999. As of June 30, 2009 we had approximately 11,100 employees in North America, including 4,600 full-time and part-time faculty members.

Education Management Corporation - (NASDAQ:EDMC 2.74B)

http://www.edmc.edu/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Education_Management_Corporation

employs approximately 19,000 faculty and staff and had enrollment of approximately 158,300 students as of its fall 2010 semester. EDMC was founded in 1962.

ITT Educational Services, Inc. (NYSE:ESI, 2.04B)

ITT Educational Services, Inc. - Investor Relations Overview
NYSE:ESI: 68.08 -0.25 (-0.37%) - ITT Educational Services, Inc.

ITT/ESI serves approximately 80,000 students at its campuses in 38 states and online.

2009 annual report www.ittesi.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=94519&p=irol-reportsAnnual

Career Education Corporation (NASDAQ: CECO, 1.89B)

www.careered.com

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Career_Education_Corporation

The organization operates over eighty for-profit college campuses with approximately 90,000 students enrolled.

Schools owned by CEC are located throughout the US, Canada, France, and the United Kingdom. They offer doctoral, master's, bachelor's, and associate's degrees, as well as diploma and certificate programs.

For Profit Universities - General.

APSCU: Association Private Sector Colleges and Universities
For-profit school - Wikipedia
University of Phoenix : 10 Largest Online Schools - US News & World Report

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_for-profit_colleges_and_universities

Lobbying ? some spending 0.5 million a year.

Several of the larger for-profit schools have sought and received regional accreditation, including the following:

  • American InterContinental University
  • Art Institute of Atlanta
  • Art Institute of Pittsburgh
  • Capella University
  • DeVry University
  • Heald College
  • Kaplan University
  • Miami International University of Art & Design
  • Pittsburgh Technical Institute
  • Strayer University
  • University of Phoenix
  • Walden University