Document and Entity Information - shares	3 Months Ended
	Nov. 30, 2016	Jan. 03, 2017
Entity Information [Line Items]
Document Type	10-Q
Document Period End Date	Nov. 30, 2016
Document Fiscal Year Focus	2017
Document Fiscal Period Focus	Q1
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)		109,386,376
Apollo Class B voting common stock [Member]
Entity Information [Line Items]
Entity Common Stock Outstanding (in shares)		475,149