POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and
appoints Joseph L. D'Amico, the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial
Officer of Apollo Group, Inc. (the "Company") and Diane Thompson, The Company's
Chief Human Resources Officer and each of them, his or her true and lawful
attorney-in-fact to:

(1) execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's
capacity as an executive officer of the Company and or a member of the
Company's Board of Directors, any and all Form 4, Form 5 and other reports
required to be filed by the undersigned in accordance with Section 16a of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder;

(2)	do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the
undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any
such Form 4, Form 5 or other required report and timely file such report with
the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or
similar authority; and

(3)	take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the
foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney in fact, may be of benefit
to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it
being understood that the documents executed by such attorney in fact on
behalf of the undersigned, pursuant to this Power of Attorney, shall be in
such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney in fact
may approve in his discretion.

The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and
authority to do and perform each and every act and thing whatsoever requisite,
necessary, and proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and
powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned
might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or
revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact,
or his or her substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue of this Power of Attorney and the rights and powers herein
granted.  The undersigned acknowledges that no such attorney in fact, in
serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, is hereby
assuming, nor is the Company hereby assuming, any of the undersigned's
responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934.

This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the
undersigned is no longer required to file Form 4, Form 5 or other reports
with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities
issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed
writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys in fact.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be
executed as of this 17th day of January, 2008.

/s/ William J. Pepicello

Signature