Education companies shares up at 1 p.m.

Shares of some top education companies are up at 1 p.m.:

Apollo Group rose $.25 or .8 percent, to $31.50.

Career Education Corp. rose $.21 or 4.5 percent, to $4.89.

DeVryEd rose $1.15 or 2.7 percent, to $43.49.

Strayer Education Inc. rose $2.15 or 4.1 percent, to $54.66.