X0508 4 2024-05-17 0001201792 AMERICAN PUBLIC EDUCATION INC APEI 0001604046 Robinson William G Jr 111 WEST CONGRESS STREET CHARLES TOWN WV 25414 1 0 0 0 0 Common Stock, par value $.01 2024-05-17 4 A 0 4350 0 A 43935 D Pursuant to the non-employee director compensation policy of American Public Education, Inc. (the "Company"), each non-employee director receives an annual award of restricted common stock of the Company having a value of $80,000 on the grant date. The shares vest on the earlier of the one year anniversary of the grant date and immediately prior to the Company's 2025 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. /s/ Richard W. Sunderland, Jr., Attorney-in-Fact 2024-05-20