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Exhibit 23.1
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS
We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration
Statement on Form S-8 of our report dated September 30, 1999 relating to the
consolidated financial statements of Apollo Group, Inc., which appears in Apollo
Group, Inc.'s Annual Report on Form 10-K/A for the year ended August 31, 1999.
We also consent to the incorporation by reference of our report dated September
30, 1999 relating to the financial statement schedule, which appears in such
Annual Report on Form 10-K/A.
/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Phoenix, Arizona
September 27, 2000
