American Public Education: Pay

American Public Education paid its 6 named executives $10.7M in total in FY2025 (Dec). CEO Angela K. Selden was paid $5.1M of that.

Pay$100 in the stock at the end of FY20 → $851
CEO pay is from each proxy. The stock line is the value of $100 put in the stock at the start, from the price change of each fiscal year. Dividends are not in it.

Pay of each named executive

Angela K. SeldenPresident and Chief Executive Officer
FY2025 (Dec)
FY2024 (Dec)
FY2022 (Dec)Not disclosed
FY2021 (Dec)Not disclosed
4 years
Richard W. Sunderland, Jr.Former Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
FY2025 (Dec)
FY2024 (Dec)
FY2023 (Dec)
FY2022 (Dec)Not disclosed
FY2021 (Dec)Not disclosed
5 years
Nuno S. FernandesPresident, American Public University System
FY2025 (Dec)
FY2024 (Dec)
FY2023 (Dec)
3 years
Mark L. ArnoldPresident, Rasmussen University
FY2025 (Dec)
1 year
Thomas A. BeckettSenior Vice President and General Counsel
FY2025 (Dec)
FY2024 (Dec)
FY2023 (Dec)
FY2022 (Dec)Not disclosed
FY2021 (Dec)Not disclosed
5 years
Edward H. Codispoti.Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
FY2025 (Dec)
1 year

CEO pay against the pay peers

In FY2025 (Dec), the median CEO pay of the 6 peers with pay on file was $5.6M. The CEO of American Public Education was paid $5.1M, 9% below the median.

  1. 1Stride
  2. 2Covista
  3. 3Strategic Education
  4. 4Perdoceo Education
  5. 5Universal Technical Institute
  6. 6American Public Education
  7. 7Lincoln Educational Services
  8. 8Grand Canyon EducationNot disclosed
  9. 9Laureate EducationNot disclosed

Pay of each named executive comes from the Summary Compensation Table of each proxy statement. Realized pay adds the value of options used and stock that vested. CEO pay of each peer comes from its own Pay versus Performance table.