NEW YORK (AP) — Shares of some top education companies were up at the close of trading:

Apollo Group rose $.55 or 2.0 percent, to $28.70.

Career Education Corp. rose $.03 or .9 percent, to $3.45.

DeVry rose $.16 or .8 percent, to $20.02.

Strayer Education Inc. rose $.37 or .5 percent, to $69.36.