Anhanguera Educacional
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Anhanguera Educacional is the largest private for-profit professional educational company in Brazil by market value and the amount of students, with more than 400.000 students in its education network. The company is the second largest higher education company in the world by number of students, only behind the American company Apollo Group
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The Company operates three types of education - 67 campuses, more than 450 poles and over 650 vocational education centers, spread across all states and the Federal District - aimed at adults of middle and low-income working during the day and study at night, a segment not fully served by institutions of higher education in Brazil. To this end, the Company offers a wide range of courses including: vocational, undergraduate, postgraduate and continuing education.
The company is the largest of the three educational companies listed on BM&F Bovespa, along with its rivals Estácio and Kroton Educacional.
Apollo Group
Apollo Group, Inc. is an S&P 500 corporation based in the South Phoenix area of Phoenix, Arizona. Apollo Group, Inc., through its subsidiaries, owns several for-profit educational institutions....
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The Company operates three types of education - 67 campuses, more than 450 poles and over 650 vocational education centers, spread across all states and the Federal District - aimed at adults of middle and low-income working during the day and study at night, a segment not fully served by institutions of higher education in Brazil. To this end, the Company offers a wide range of courses including: vocational, undergraduate, postgraduate and continuing education.
The company is the largest of the three educational companies listed on BM&F Bovespa, along with its rivals Estácio and Kroton Educacional.