Education companies shares down at 1 p.m.

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

Apollo Group fell $1.07 or 3.3 percent, to $30.95.

Career Education Corp. fell $.29 or 5.9 percent, to $4.66.

DeVryEd fell $.43 or 1.0 percent, to $43.49.

Strayer Education Inc. fell $.77 or 1.4 percent, to $52.51.