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Covista Inc. operates universities and medical and veterinary schools. Chamberlain University teaches nursing and other health professions, while Walden University offers fully online programs in healthcare, education, business and other fields. Together, they generate most of the company’s revenue; its other schools train doctors and veterinarians. Revenue comes overwhelmingly from tuition and fees, so enrollment and how much instruction students take drive the business.
Students pay using financial aid, loans, employer assistance and their own or family resources. Federal education assistance supplies most of the revenue at Covista’s participating institutions, making continued access to those funds and timely payment central to the business. Schools must retain accreditation and meet U.S. Department of Education financial and administrative standards to remain eligible. They must also obtain a minimum share of revenue from non-federal sources; prolonged excessive reliance on federal assistance can cost a school its eligibility.
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American Public Education competes for Covista’s students through Rasmussen and Hondros nursing programs that rival Chamberlain, and online degrees that overlap with Walden. Watch its nursing enrollment and student costs: tuition grants and flexible learning options help it compete for students paying for these degrees.
Strategic Education’s Capella and Strayer universities compete with Covista’s Walden for students paying to earn undergraduate and graduate degrees online. Their bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral enrollment is worth watching for competition in the degree markets Walden serves.
Perdoceo Education Corporation competes with Covista for students pursuing nursing, health-sciences and career-oriented degrees, including several fields taught by Walden. Watch its nursing and health-sciences programs alongside business and information technology, where the two companies seek students paying for similar education.
Phoenix Education Partners’ University of Phoenix competes with Covista’s Walden for working adults paying to earn degrees through distance education. Watch its news on tuition competition: it says traditional universities’ expanding online offerings for working adults have weakened one of its main advantages, and some rivals offer similar programs at lower tuition.
Grand Canyon Education and Covista both depend on demand for U.S. online and campus-based university programs, but universities pay Grand Canyon Education for enrollment and teaching support while students pay Covista tuition. Watch enrollment at its largest partner, Grand Canyon University, for a read on demand in these overlapping education markets.
Covista Inc. earningsThis company
Covista earns mainly from student tuition and fees, and this report will show whether enrollment across its three segments is growing alongside tuition rates.
Read enrollment alongside tuition rates across Chamberlain, Walden, and Medical and Veterinary. Growth in both would show that more students are choosing Covista's programs even at higher prices; revenue growth driven mainly by higher rates while enrollment weakens would point to a narrowing demand base, with federal aid changes a further risk to students' ability to enroll and continue.
Perdoceo Education Corporation earningsPRDO
Perdoceo Education's report will show whether enrollment in nursing and health-sciences programs is holding up, a read on demand for fields that overlap with Covista's Chamberlain and Walden.
Compare Perdoceo's nursing and health-sciences enrollment with its business and information-technology programs. Strength in the overlapping fields would suggest students still seek those degrees, supporting demand for Covista's related programs; weakness there would signal softer demand or fiercer competition for the same students.
Strategic Education, Inc. earningsSTRA
Strategic Education's report will show whether enrollment at Capella and Strayer is holding up, a direct read on the online degree market where it competes with Covista's Walden.
Watch enrollment in Capella and Strayer's bachelor's, master's, and doctoral programs. Steady enrollment would show students continue to pay for online degrees, supporting demand in Walden's market; a decline would point to a harder recruiting environment and stronger competition for Walden students.
