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Best Education Stocks to Buy Now (2025)

Top education stocks in 2025 ranked by overall Zen Rating. "A" Rated stocks have returned an average of +32.52% per year, and are the best education stocks to buy now. Learn More.

According to Zen Ratings, our proprietary rating system that evaluates 115 factors proven to drive growth in stocks and assigns each stock in our system an overall letter grade as well as 7 individual Component Grades for Value, Growth, Momentum, Sentiment, Safety, Financials, and proprietary AI algorithms, the 3 best education stocks to buy right now are:

Udemy (NASDAQ:UDMY) is the #1 top education stock out of 48 with a Zen Rating of A. Stocks with a rating of A have had an average return of +32.52% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Udemy (NASDAQ:UDMY) is: Value: B, Growth: B, Momentum: C, Sentiment: B, Safety: C, Financials: B, and AI: B.

Udemy (NASDAQ:UDMY) has a Due Diligence Score of 22, which is -3 points lower than the education industry average of 25. Although this number is below the industry average, our proven quant model rates UDMY as a "A".

UDMY passed 7 out of 33 due diligence checks and has weak fundamentals. Udemy has seen its stock lose -17.07% over the past year, underperforming other education stocks by -55 percentage points.

Udemy has an average 1 year price target of $10.60, an upside of 54.74% from Udemy's current stock price of $6.85.

Udemy stock has a consensus Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 5 analysts covering Udemy, 40% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 40% have issued a Buy, 20% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

Stride (NYSE:LRN) is the #2 top education stock out of 48 with a Zen Rating of A. Stocks with a rating of A have had an average return of +32.52% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Stride (NYSE:LRN) is: Value: C, Growth: B, Momentum: C, Sentiment: C, Safety: C, Financials: B, and AI: C.

Stride (NYSE:LRN) has a Due Diligence Score of 54, which is 29 points higher than the education industry average of 25.

LRN passed 18 out of 33 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Stride has seen its stock return 68.7% over the past year, overperforming other education stocks by 30 percentage points.

Stride has an average 1 year price target of $173.00, an upside of 12.68% from Stride's current stock price of $153.53.

Stride stock has a consensus Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 3 analysts covering Stride, 33.33% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 33.33% have issued a Buy, 33.33% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

American Public Education (NASDAQ:APEI) is the #3 top education stock out of 48 with a Zen Rating of A. Stocks with a rating of A have had an average return of +32.52% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for American Public Education (NASDAQ:APEI) is: Value: C, Growth: B, Momentum: B, Sentiment: C, Safety: C, Financials: B, and AI: C.

American Public Education (NASDAQ:APEI) has a Due Diligence Score of 52, which is 27 points higher than the education industry average of 25.

APEI passed 16 out of 33 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. American Public Education has seen its stock return 133.91% over the past year, overperforming other education stocks by 96 percentage points.

American Public Education has an average 1 year price target of $38.00, an upside of 8.66% from American Public Education's current stock price of $34.97.

American Public Education stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 6 analysts covering American Public Education, 50% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 33.33% have issued a Buy, 16.67% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

Out of 5 education stocks that have issued dividends in the past year, the 3 education stocks with the highest dividend yields are:

New Oriental Education & Technology Group (NYSE:EDU) has an annual dividend yield of N/A, which is N/A percentage points lower than the education industry average of 1.61%. New Oriental Education & Technology Group's dividend payout is stable, having never dropped by more than 10% in the last 10 years. New Oriental Education & Technology Group's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

New Oriental Education & Technology Group's dividend payout ratio of 0% indicates that its dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Strategic Education (NASDAQ:STRA) has an annual dividend yield of 2.86%, which is 1 percentage points higher than the education industry average of 1.61%. Strategic Education's dividend payout is stable, having never dropped by more than 10% in the last 10 years. Strategic Education's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Strategic Education's dividend payout ratio of 48.5% indicates that its dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Afya (NASDAQ:AFYA) has an annual dividend yield of 1.6%, which is the same as the education industry average of 1.61%.

Afya's dividend payout ratio of 16.5% indicates that its dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Education stocks were up 0.74% in the last day, and down -0.22% over the last week. Stride was the among the top gainers in the education & training services industry, gaining 0.58% yesterday.

Stride shares are trading lower after the company provided Q2 sales guidance below analyst estimates.

Based on the Valuation rating, one of the 7 components of a stocks overall Zen Ratings grade, which evaluates factors including estimated earnings yield, earnings before interest and taxes/enterprise value, cash flow yield, free cash flow to price, and price-to-earnings growth (PEG ratio), the 3 most undervalued education stocks right now are:

Afya (NASDAQ:AFYA) is the most undervalued education stock based on its Valuation Rating of A. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Afya has a valuation score of 100, which is 80 points higher than the education industry average of 20. It passed 7 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Afya's stock has dropped -13.45% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the education industry by -52 percentage points.

Mcgraw Hill (NYSE:MH) is the second most undervalued education stock based on its Valuation Rating of B. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Mcgraw Hill has a valuation score of 0, which is -20 points higher than the education industry average of 20. It passed 0 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks. Although this number is below the industry average, our proven quant model rates MH a Valuation Rating of "B".

Graham Holdings Co (NYSE:GHC) is the third most undervalued education stock based on its Valuation Rating of B. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Graham Holdings Co has a valuation score of 43, which is 23 points higher than the education industry average of 20. It passed 3 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Graham Holdings Co's stock has gained 36.19% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the education industry by -2 percentage points.

52.94% of education stocks rated by analysts are a buy right now. On average, analysts expect education stocks to rise by 8.84% over the next year.

10% of education stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 33.33% of education stocks are rated B (Buy), 43.33% are rated C (Hold), 6.67% are rated D (Sell), and 6.67% are rated F (Strong Sell).