1
                                                                    Exhibit 15.1

               Letter on Unaudited Interim Financial Information


August 31, 2000


Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20549

Commissioners:


We are aware that our report dated December 15, 1999 on our review of the
interim financial information of Apollo Group, Inc. (the "Company") as of and
for the three month period ended November 30, 1999 and included in the Company's
quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarter then ended is incorporated by
reference in this Registration Statement on Form S-3. We are also aware that our
report dated March 24, 2000 on our review of the interim financial information
of the Company as of and for the three and six month periods ended February 29,
2000 and included in the Company's quarterly report on Form 10-Q/A for the
quarter then ended is incorporated by reference in such Registration Statement.
We are also aware that our report dated June 23, 2000 on our review of the
interim financial information of the Company as of and for the three and nine
month periods ended May 31, 2000 and included in the Company's quarterly report
on Form 10-Q for the quarter then ended is incorporated by reference in such
Registration Statement.


Yours very truly,



/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP


PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP