Nature of Operations

6 Months Ended

Feb. 28, 2014

Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]

Nature of Operations

Nature of Operations

Apollo Education Group, Inc. and its wholly-owned subsidiaries and majority-owned subsidiaries, collectively referred to herein as “the Company,” “Apollo Education Group,” “Apollo,” “APOL,” “we,” “us,” or “our,” has been an education provider since 1973. We offer educational programs and services, online and on-campus, at the undergraduate, master’s and doctoral levels. Our learning platforms include the following:

• The University of Phoenix, Inc. (“University of Phoenix”);

• Apollo Global, Inc. (“Apollo Global”):

• BPP Holdings Limited (“BPP”) in the United Kingdom (“U.K.”);

• Open Colleges Australia Pty Ltd. (“Open Colleges”) in Australia;

• Universidad Latinoamericana (“ULA”) in Mexico;

• Universidad de Artes, Ciencias y Comunicación (“UNIACC”) in Chile; and

• India Education Services Private Ltd. in India;

• Western International University, Inc. (“Western International University”, or “WIU”);

• Institute for Professional Development (“IPD”);

• The College for Financial Planning Institutes Corporation (“CFFP”);

• Carnegie Learning, Inc. (“Carnegie Learning”); and

• Apollo Lightspeed, LLC (“Apollo Lightspeed”).

During the first quarter of fiscal year 2014, Apollo changed its name from Apollo Group, Inc. to Apollo Education Group, Inc.

On December 20, 2013, Apollo Global acquired 70% of the outstanding shares of Open Colleges, a provider of education and training to adult learners in Australia.Refer toNote 4,Acquisitions.