Apollo Group Inc (APOL), DeVry Inc. (DV): Is Going to College Worthwhile? Based on a New Study, It Depends

As we’ve seen in recent years, a number of people are choosing to pass up technical colleges in favor of getting a job or biding their time until they’re accepted into a state college. Enrollment figures among for-profit educators have been dismal for the most part, with Apollo Group Inc (NASDAQ:APOL) reporting a 15% decline in student enrollment in 2012, and DeVry Inc. (NYSE:DV) also noting a trend that worsened by mid-2012 to a decline in new student enrollment of 14%.

Until there’s a clearly defined trend that technical colleges are once again a requirement in the workforce, and that the value/income potential trade-off is worth it, the for-profit education sector will remain a volatile, and probably off-limits investment.

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