The For-Profit Education Industry

Email Facebook LinkedIn Twitter

Copy URL

The for-profit education industry is worth approximately $70 billion, or about one-tenth of the total $740 billion spent on education in the United States last year, according to Merrill Lynch’s “The Book of Knowledge,” published in April 1999.
		Technology ($4.8)
		Supplemental materials ($3.6)
		Textbooks ($3)
Books ($3)		Private education ($2.6)
Supplemental materials ($2.5)		Special education ($2)
Tutorial/test prep ($2.5)		At-risk/alternative education ($1)
Software ($1.50)		Private management of public schools ($0.5)
Test delivery ($1.50)		Teacher training ($0.5)
Language instruction ($1)		Supplmental instruction ($0.5)
Toys ($1)		Before/after school programs ($0.3)
SOURCE: Merrill Lynch Inc.

Events