TacticScaleWhat Perdoceo Education Does & How It Makes Money (PRDO)
Updated October 2026 · reflects Perdoceo Education's latest reported financials
For-profit U.S. operator of online and campus-based universities. It earns revenue mainly from tuition and fees paid by students enrolled in its degree, non-degree, continuing education and professional development programs.
How Perdoceo Education makes money
It earns revenue mainly from tuition and fees paid by students enrolled in its degree, non-degree, continuing education and professional development programs.
What Perdoceo Education does
Perdoceo Education Corporation, formerly Career Education Corporation, is a U.S. postsecondary education company headquartered in Schaumburg, Illinois. It offers online, campus-based and blended programs through three segments: Colorado Technical University, which focuses on career fields such as business, nursing, computer science, engineering, cybersecurity and criminal justice; the American InterContinental University System, covering business, IT, education and behavioral sciences; and the University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences, which offers graduate degrees in physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech-language therapy and nursing. Beyond degree programs, the company offers non-degree, continuing education and professional development courses. It also runs its own technology, including the intellipath learning platform, a mobile app and a two-way messaging platform for students. The company was incorporated in 1994 and adopted the Perdoceo name in January 2020.
Products & services
- Colorado Technical University (CTU)
- American InterContinental University System (AIUS)
- University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences (USAHS)
- intellipath learning platform
- Continuing education and professional development programs
What is Perdoceo Education worth?
On an owner-earnings DCF, Perdoceo Education's most-likely value is about $63 versus a recent price near $34 (86% below fair value). But TacticScale only calls a stock undervalued when the price sits below its conservative no-growth floor (~$37) with a margin of safety — so the honest verdict here is “Fairly priced — no edge.” Fair value earns its keep only at the extremes, not in the wide middle.
Price sits in the normal range — fair value isn't actionable here; it earns its keep only when price drops below the no-growth floor, or runs to roughly double the optimistic case.
Analysis, not advice. Fair value is a margin-of-safety estimate from a deterministic owner-earnings DCF, not a price target or recommendation. See the full breakdown →
Related companies
Laureate Education (LAUR) · Strategic Education (STRA) · Covista (CVSA) · Stride (LRN) · Grand Canyon Education (LOPE)