Document and Entity Information - shares	6 Months Ended
	Feb. 29, 2016	Mar. 30, 2016
Entity Information [Line Items]
Document Type	10-Q
Document Period End Date	Feb. 29, 2016
Document Fiscal Year Focus	2016
Document Fiscal Period Focus	Q2
Amendment Flag	false
Entity Registrant Name	Apollo Education Group Inc
Entity Central Index Key	0000929887
Current Fiscal Year End Date	--08-31
Entity Well-known Seasoned Issuer	Yes
Entity Voluntary Filers	No
Entity Current Reporting Status	Yes
Entity Filer Category	Large Accelerated Filer
Apollo Class A nonvoting common stock [Member]
Entity Information [Line Items]
Entity Common Stock Outstanding (in shares)		108,167,602
Apollo Class B voting common stock [Member]
Entity Information [Line Items]
Entity Common Stock Outstanding (in shares)		475,149