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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.

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Education is Zen Rated A and is the 20th ranked industry out of 145 stock market industries

Ticker	Company	Price	1d %	1w %	1m %	3m %	6m %	1y %	3y %	5y %	10y %	52-week High	52-week Low	% off 52-week High	% off 52-week Low	Beta	Volume	Vol 1d %
UDMY	UDEMY INC	$5.27	0.38%	0.19%	7.11%	-24.71%	-25.04%	-36.28%	-54.17%	N/A	N/A	$10.61	$4.86	50.33%	8.44%	1.45	1,659,000	-21.78%
AFYA	AFYA LTD	$14.55	0.00%	-0.68%	0.48%	-7.15%	-20.45%	-5.09%	1.25%	-36.82%	N/A	$19.90	$13.47	26.88%	8.02%	0.85	105,000	50.86%
STRA	STRATEGIC EDUCATION INC	$80.41	-0.45%	4.96%	4.12%	-0.86%	-4.35%	-20.87%	0.29%	-18.44%	41.94%	$104.51	$72.25	23.06%	11.30%	0.63	207,000	8.38%
APEI	AMERICAN PUBLIC EDUCATION INC	$37.63	1.90%	8.95%	13.55%	6.15%	37.44%	61.71%	178.53%	17.12%	83.83%	$39.83	$18.77	5.52%	100.53%	0.83	453,000	177.91%
GHC	GRAHAM HOLDINGS CO	$1,114.90	-0.27%	3.73%	7.40%	-3.88%	16.30%	21.97%	86.77%	139.78%	124.36%	$1.20k	$840.50	7.09%	32.65%	0.78	22,200	-2.63%
COUR	COURSERA INC	$7.85	-2.85%	-4.85%	-3.33%	-27.98%	-4.96%	-9.98%	-36.33%	N/A	N/A	$13.55	$5.76	42.07%	36.28%	1.34	1,775,000	29.37%
PRDO	PERDOCEO EDUCATION CORP	$29.07	0.69%	2.98%	-3.52%	-16.82%	-8.67%	3.53%	112.66%	126.40%	730.57%	$38.03	$23.87	23.55%	21.78%	0.63	1,062,000	28.42%
ATGE	ADTALEM GLOBAL EDUCATION INC	$97.76	5.25%	4.49%	4.24%	-27.80%	-20.72%	6.88%	163.65%	190.61%	295.95%	$156.26	$84.79	37.44%	15.30%	0.75	540,000	10.88%
PXED	PHOENIX EDUCATION PARTNERS INC	$31.98	-1.72%	-0.37%	11.39%	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	$47.08	$23.52	32.07%	35.97%	1.25	59,600	4.56%
LAUR	LAUREATE EDUCATION INC	$32.70	1.74%	9.07%	9.35%	10.77%	45.98%	72.29%	228.97%	112.89%	N/A	$33.03	$17.82	1.00%	83.50%	0.65	1,087,000	-26.00%
LINC	LINCOLN EDUCATIONAL SERVICES CORP	$22.84	3.72%	4.92%	13.35%	10.39%	0.13%	39.35%	312.27%	262.54%	1,014.15%	$25.76	$14.10	11.34%	61.99%	0.83	227,000	26.11%
LRN	STRIDE INC	$63.91	-0.91%	3.90%	1.86%	-54.27%	-55.53%	-41.33%	94.08%	168.08%	590.17%	$171.17	$60.62	62.66%	5.44%	0.56	848,000	-26.45%
MH	MCGRAW HILL INC	$17.25	0.58%	3.42%	12.97%	17.83%	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	$18.00	$10.70	4.17%	61.29%	0.64	463,000	-18.20%
EDU	NEW ORIENTAL EDUCATION & TECHNOLOGY GROUP INC	$55.12	2.26%	2.24%	4.77%	4.49%	15.46%	-7.84%	65.43%	-65.91%	67.54%	$64.38	$40.66	14.38%	35.56%	0.80	753,000	48.52%
TAL	TAL EDUCATION GROUP	$11.23	-2.43%	-2.77%	2.74%	2.09%	6.24%	15.65%	72.24%	-83.76%	43.46%	$15.30	$8.50	26.60%	32.12%	0.84	1,604,000	-31.13%
LGCY	LEGACY EDUCATION INC	$10.16	-1.36%	4.63%	19.53%	-24.46%	1.40%	13.14%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$13.89	$5.83	26.85%	74.36%	1.05	35,200	-45.00%
DAO	YOUDAO INC	$8.88	-1.55%	-4.93%	-3.79%	-0.11%	3.02%	13.99%	71.10%	-65.53%	N/A	$11.82	$6.30	24.87%	40.95%	1.19	133,000	82.19%
SKIL	SKILLSOFT CORP	$5.67	-7.20%	-22.86%	-43.64%	-56.25%	-68.43%	-70.47%	-75.77%	-97.22%	N/A	$34.43	$4.65	83.53%	21.94%	1.39	116,000	-53.60%
LOPE	GRAND CANYON EDUCATION INC	$161.36	2.78%	7.00%	-1.07%	-21.85%	-13.57%	-4.15%	52.63%	72.04%	314.27%	$223.04	$149.83	27.65%	7.70%	0.59	440,000	25.36%
HERE	HERE GROUP LTD	$5.13	0.79%	-0.77%	-2.47%	-46.56%	-60.96%	118.30%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$15.64	$1.60	67.20%	220.83%	0.86	106,000	13.98%
UTI	UNIVERSAL TECHNICAL INSTITUTE INC	$26.06	4.91%	6.15%	-7.98%	-4.47%	-22.53%	-1.66%	315.63%	310.39%	549.88%	$36.32	$21.29	28.25%	22.40%	0.85	847,000	28.14%
COE	51TALK ONLINE EDUCATION GROUP	$36.50	0.14%	0.80%	-13.55%	-21.51%	32.63%	117.52%	497.38%	-57.75%	N/A	$56.13	$13.60	34.97%	168.38%	0.35	22,000	0.00%
KLC	KINDERCARE LEARNING COMPANIES INC	$4.69	1.96%	11.67%	27.45%	-37.13%	-53.33%	-74.84%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$21.49	$3.61	78.18%	29.92%	1.22	918,000	74.52%
CHGG	CHEGG INC	$0.88	-4.35%	-2.22%	-13.73%	-37.59%	-40.54%	-62.07%	-96.81%	-98.97%	-87.68%	$2.40	$0.44	63.33%	100.00%	1.26	1,185,000	-6.25%
GOTU	GAOTU TECHEDU INC	$2.38	0.00%	-5.18%	-2.06%	-33.89%	-38.82%	-0.83%	-7.75%	-95.97%	N/A	$4.56	$1.87	47.81%	27.27%	0.95	661,000	92.71%
GNS	GENIUS GROUP LTD	$0.66	-5.29%	-4.47%	-14.78%	-33.70%	82.14%	-13.56%	-79.29%	N/A	N/A	$1.92	$0.21	65.47%	215.71%	1.36	1,043,000	13.12%
BTCT	BTC DIGITAL LTD	$1.65	-7.82%	-13.16%	1.85%	-42.11%	-47.95%	-72.55%	-64.73%	-99.85%	N/A	$9.90	$1.57	83.33%	5.10%	1.54	86,000	88.18%
GSUN	GOLDEN SUN HEALTH TECHNOLOGY GROUP LTD	$1.13	-16.30%	-20.98%	-29.81%	-61.30%	-60.35%	-57.68%	-89.91%	N/A	N/A	$5.25	$1.13	78.48%	0.00%	1.03	105,000	-0.94%
WAFU	WAH FU EDUCATION GROUP LTD	$1.61	0.00%	-1.23%	-5.85%	1.90%	11.81%	6.62%	-28.60%	-60.15%	N/A	$7.49	$1.22	78.50%	31.97%	0.81	1,000	-87.18%
EDTK	SKILLFUL CRAFTSMAN EDUCATION TECHNOLOGY LTD	$0.92	1.67%	-8.50%	-15.20%	-16.44%	-3.68%	-10.29%	-28.52%	-68.45%	N/A	$1.20	$0.80	23.75%	14.38%	0.42	750	50.00%
VSTA	VASTA PLATFORM LTD	$4.99	0.60%	0.40%	0.48%	2.89%	14.19%	159.90%	25.69%	-66.71%	N/A	$5.49	$1.60	9.07%	211.88%	0.24	10,100	197.06%
EEIQ	EPICQUEST EDUCATION GROUP INTERNATIONAL LTD	$0.30	-2.94%	-9.45%	-9.73%	-38.89%	-45.00%	-70.74%	-86.31%	N/A	N/A	$1.74	$0.23	82.93%	29.13%	1.24	107,000	0.00%
FCHL	FITNESS CHAMPS HOLDINGS LTD	$0.30	-8.84%	-11.01%	-13.83%	-94.24%	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	$7.64	$0.30	96.09%	0.00%	3.59	286,000	136.36%
IH	IHUMAN INC	$2.15	-4.87%	-14.68%	-25.61%	-29.51%	-8.12%	18.78%	5.65%	-89.79%	N/A	$3.60	$1.55	40.28%	38.71%	0.62	12,800	120.69%
JZ	JIANZHI EDUCATION TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO LTD	$1.38	-1.43%	-1.43%	-1.43%	-20.23%	-51.75%	-84.85%	-95.45%	N/A	N/A	$14.60	$1.30	90.55%	6.15%	0.53	650	18.18%
KIDZ	CLASSOVER HOLDINGS INC	$0.26	-14.29%	-17.04%	-42.41%	-82.57%	-93.90%	-97.68%	-97.48%	N/A	N/A	$12.00	$0.25	97.85%	2.79%	0.43	714,000	1.85%
MYND	MYNDAI INC	$0.57	3.07%	2.15%	-3.39%	-22.97%	-38.64%	-73.61%	-90.54%	-97.73%	N/A	$2.77	$0.50	79.42%	13.32%	0.54	8,500	-30.33%
YOUL	YOULIFE GROUP INC	$1.62	-12.43%	-13.37%	-10.50%	-1.82%	-94.21%	-85.54%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$33.94	$1.49	95.23%	8.72%	-0.02	82,000	-29.91%
VSA	VISIONSYS AI INC	$0.11	7.84%	7.84%	-43.59%	-95.60%	-89.27%	-86.75%	-97.60%	-99.33%	-99.80%	$4.24	$0.08	97.41%	37.50%	-0.18	8,764,000	44.76%
YQ	17 EDUCATION & TECHNOLOGY GROUP INC	$3.83	5.51%	-14.89%	-22.00%	26.78%	86.83%	130.72%	-39.21%	-98.63%	N/A	$6.45	$1.26	40.62%	203.97%	0.88	15,900	-67.15%
RYET	RUANYUN EDAI TECHNOLOGY INC	$1.15	4.55%	0.00%	53.33%	-21.23%	-85.14%	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	$21.00	$0.66	94.52%	75.57%	0.75	22,100	-14.34%
STG	SUNLANDS TECHNOLOGY GROUP	$5.80	-0.34%	-0.85%	0.00%	-30.79%	5.45%	-13.17%	-13.69%	-56.64%	N/A	$15.00	$4.28	61.33%	35.51%	0.22	4,600	6.98%
LXEH	LIXIANG EDUCATION HOLDING CO LTD	$0.26	-8.39%	-13.53%	-30.69%	-89.69%	-85.88%	-89.08%	-99.51%	-99.86%	N/A	$50.08	$0.26	99.48%	0.00%	0.36	129,000	-20.37%
GV	VISIONARY HOLDINGS INC	$1.40	-2.78%	-9.09%	15.70%	-15.00%	-26.32%	-15.15%	-85.42%	N/A	N/A	$9.60	$1.02	85.42%	36.99%	1.53	59,000	235.23%
BEDU	BRIGHT SCHOLAR EDUCATION HOLDINGS LTD	$2.25	0.45%	2.27%	5.39%	22.95%	19.68%	13.64%	-13.79%	-90.78%	N/A	$2.28	$1.35	1.32%	66.67%	0.24	46,000	1,433.33%
FEDU	FOUR SEASONS EDUCATION (CAYMAN) INC	$13.48	3.69%	0.97%	-6.26%	-1.17%	38.97%	18.77%	68.50%	-34.56%	N/A	$17.00	$3.69	20.71%	265.31%	0.34	1,200	500.00%
AACG	ATA CREATIVITY GLOBAL	$0.86	-9.24%	-14.50%	-30.49%	-60.60%	5.56%	-4.89%	-42.23%	-28.75%	-85.68%	$2.58	$0.70	66.85%	22.14%	1.25	32,000	60.00%
AMBO	AMBOW EDUCATION HOLDING LTD	$3.61	-3.79%	-8.19%	-12.21%	-2.49%	33.73%	128.35%	13.78%	-84.31%	N/A	$6.75	$1.32	46.55%	173.33%	0.19	10,500	15.38%

Education Stocks FAQ

What are the best education stocks to buy right now in Dec 2025?

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:

1. Udemy (NASDAQ:UDMY)

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: D, Sentiment: B, Safety: C, Financials: B, and AI: B.

Udemy (NASDAQ:UDMY) has a Due Diligence Score of 23, which is -4 points lower than the education industry average of 27. 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 -36.28% over the past year, underperforming other education stocks by -43 percentage points.

Udemy has an average 1 year price target of $10.50, an upside of 99.24% from Udemy's current stock price of $5.27.

Udemy stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 4 analysts covering Udemy, 75% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 25% have issued a Buy, 0% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

2. Afya (NASDAQ:AFYA)

Afya (NASDAQ:AFYA) is the #2 top education stock out of 48 with a Zen Rating of B. Stocks with a rating of B have had an average return of +19.88% per year. Learn more.

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

Afya (NASDAQ:AFYA) has a Due Diligence Score of 66, which is 39 points higher than the education industry average of 27.

AFYA passed 26 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Afya has seen its stock lose -5.09% over the past year, underperforming other education stocks by -12 percentage points.

Afya has an average 1 year price target of $19.17, an upside of 31.73% from Afya's current stock price of $14.55.

Afya stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 3 analysts covering Afya, 66.67% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 0% have issued a Buy, 33.33% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

3. Strategic Education (NASDAQ:STRA)

Strategic Education (NASDAQ:STRA) is the #3 top education stock out of 48 with a Zen Rating of B. Stocks with a rating of B have had an average return of +19.88% per year. Learn more.

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

Strategic Education (NASDAQ:STRA) has a Due Diligence Score of 46, which is 19 points higher than the education industry average of 27.

STRA passed 15 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Strategic Education has seen its stock lose -20.87% over the past year, underperforming other education stocks by -28 percentage points.

Strategic Education has an average 1 year price target of $96.50, an upside of 20.01% from Strategic Education's current stock price of $80.41.

Strategic Education stock has a consensus Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 2 analysts covering Strategic Education, 0% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 100% have issued a Buy, 0% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

What are the education stocks with highest dividends?

Out of 4 education stocks that have issued dividends in the past year, the 3 education stocks with the highest dividend yields are:

1. Strategic Education (NASDAQ:STRA)

Strategic Education (NASDAQ:STRA) has an annual dividend yield of 2.98%, which is 1 percentage points higher than the education industry average of 1.75%. 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.

2. Perdoceo Education (NASDAQ:PRDO)

Perdoceo Education (NASDAQ:PRDO) has an annual dividend yield of 1.93%, which is the same as the education industry average of 1.75%.

Perdoceo Education's dividend payout ratio of 22.5% indicates that its dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

3. Afya (NASDAQ:AFYA)

Afya (NASDAQ:AFYA) has an annual dividend yield of 1.59%, which is the same as the education industry average of 1.75%.

Afya's dividend payout ratio of 15.5% indicates that its dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Why are education stocks up?

Education stocks were up 0.42% in the last day, and up 3.61% over the last week. Adtalem Global Education was the among the top gainers in the education & training services industry, gaining 5.25% yesterday.

Adtalem Global Education shares are trading higher after the company announced it authorized a new $750 million program.

What are the most undervalued education stocks?

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:

1. Phoenix Education Partners (NYSE:PXED)

Phoenix Education Partners (NYSE:PXED) 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.

Phoenix Education Partners has a valuation score of 57, which is 34 points higher than the education industry average of 23. It passed 4 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

2. Afya (NASDAQ:AFYA)

Afya (NASDAQ:AFYA) is the second 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 77 points higher than the education industry average of 23. It passed 7 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Afya's stock has dropped -5.09% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the education industry by -12 percentage points.

3. Stride (NYSE:LRN)

Stride (NYSE:LRN) is the third 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.

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

Stride's stock has dropped -41.33% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the education industry by -49 percentage points.

Are education stocks a good buy now?

47.06% of education stocks rated by analysts are a strong buy right now. On average, analysts expect education stocks to rise by 40.87% over the next year.

3.57% of education stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 39.29% of education stocks are rated B (Buy), 46.43% are rated C (Hold), 7.14% are rated D (Sell), and 3.57% are rated F (Strong Sell).

What is the average p/e ratio of the education & training services industry?

The average P/E ratio of the education & training services industry is 15.12x.

WallStreetZen does not provide financial advice and does not issue recommendations or offers to buy stock or sell any security.

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Sectors & Industries Consumer DefensiveEducation & Training Services
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.

Education Stocks FAQ

1. Udemy (NASDAQ:UDMY)

2. Afya (NASDAQ:AFYA)

3. Strategic Education (NASDAQ:STRA)

1. Strategic Education (NASDAQ:STRA)

2. Perdoceo Education (NASDAQ:PRDO)

3. Afya (NASDAQ:AFYA)

1. Phoenix Education Partners (NYSE:PXED)

2. Afya (NASDAQ:AFYA)

3. Stride (NYSE:LRN)

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Sectors & IndustriesConsumer DefensiveEducation & Training ServicesBest 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.

Education Stocks FAQ

1. Udemy (NASDAQ:UDMY)

2. Afya (NASDAQ:AFYA)

3. Strategic Education (NASDAQ:STRA)

1. Strategic Education (NASDAQ:STRA)

2. Perdoceo Education (NASDAQ:PRDO)

3. Afya (NASDAQ:AFYA)

1. Phoenix Education Partners (NYSE:PXED)

2. Afya (NASDAQ:AFYA)

3. Stride (NYSE:LRN)

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Sectors & Industries Consumer DefensiveEducation & Training Services
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.