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

Apollo Group rose $.11 or .6 percent, to $19.62.

Career Education Corp. rose $.02 or .7 percent, to $2.82.

DeVry rose $.38 or 1.5 percent, to $25.77.

Strayer Education Inc. rose $1.11 or 2.3 percent, to $49.76.