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Best Education Stocks to Buy Now (2025)

Top education stocks in 2025 ranked by overall Due Diligence Score. See the best education stocks to buy now, according to analyst forecasts for the education & training services industry.

According to Due Diligence Score, the 3 best education stocks to buy right now are:

New Oriental Education & Technology Group (NYSE:EDU) is the top education stock with a Due Diligence Score of 65, which is 40 points higher than the education industry average of 25. It passed 24 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. New Oriental Education & Technology Group has seen its stock lose -38.66% over the past year, underperforming other education stocks by -56 percentage points.

New Oriental Education & Technology Group has an average 1 year price target of $49.00, an upside of 4.88% from New Oriental Education & Technology Group's current stock price of $46.72.

New Oriental Education & Technology Group stock has a consensus Hold recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 4 analysts covering New Oriental Education & Technology Group, 0% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 0% have issued a Buy, 75% have issued a hold, while 25% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

Afya (NASDAQ:AFYA) is the second best education stock with a Due Diligence Score of 60, which is 35 points higher than the education industry average of 25. It passed 20 out of 33 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Afya has seen its stock lose -19.16% over the past year, underperforming other education stocks by -36 percentage points.

Afya has an average 1 year price target of $18.25, an upside of 11.48% from Afya's current stock price of $16.37.

Afya stock has a consensus Sell recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 2 analysts covering Afya, 0% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 0% have issued a Buy, 50% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 50% have issued a Strong Sell.

Grand Canyon Education (NASDAQ:LOPE) is the third best education stock with a Due Diligence Score of 56, which is 31 points higher than the education industry average of 25. It passed 18 out of 33 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Grand Canyon Education has seen its stock return 35.25% over the past year, overperforming other education stocks by 18 percentage points.

Grand Canyon Education has an average 1 year price target of $179.67, an upside of 4.71% from Grand Canyon Education's current stock price of $171.59.

Grand Canyon Education stock has a consensus Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 3 analysts covering Grand Canyon 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.

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

Strategic Education (NASDAQ:STRA) has an annual dividend yield of 2.49%, which is 1 percentage points higher than the education industry average of 1.25%. 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 44.4% indicates that its dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Perdoceo Education (NASDAQ:PRDO) has an annual dividend yield of 1.7%, which is the same as the education industry average of 1.25%.

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

New Oriental Education & Technology Group (NYSE:EDU) has an annual dividend yield of 1.28%, which is the same as the education industry average of 1.25%. 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 25% indicates that its dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Education stocks were up 0.01% in the last day, and down -0.08% over the last week. Tal Education Group was the among the top gainers in the education & training services industry, gaining 5.6% yesterday.

Shares of US-listed Chinese stocks are trading higher amid China's efforts to get insurers to invest in stocks and support markets.

Based on WallStreetZen's Valuation Score, the 3 most undervalued education stocks right now are:

Visionary Holdings (NASDAQ:GV) is the most undervalued education stock based on WallStreetZen's Valuation Score. Visionary Holdings has a valuation score of 71, which is 48 points higher than the education industry average of 23. It passed 5 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Visionary Holdings's stock has dropped -38.61% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the education industry by -56 percentage points.

Afya (NASDAQ:AFYA) is the second most undervalued education stock based on WallStreetZen's Valuation Score. Afya has a valuation score of 71, which is 48 points higher than the education industry average of 23. It passed 5 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Afya's stock has dropped -19.16% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the education industry by -36 percentage points.

Perdoceo Education (NASDAQ:PRDO) is the third most undervalued education stock based on WallStreetZen's Valuation Score. Perdoceo Education 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.

Perdoceo Education's stock has gained 52.78% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the education industry by 36 percentage points.