UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

~~Securities~~Date ~~Exchange~~of ~~Act~~Report (Date of ~~1934~~Earliest Event Reported): March 10, 2026

Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported): February 19, 2026

Perdoceo Education Corporation

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)



Delaware	0-23245	36-3932190
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)



1750 E. Golf Road, Schaumburg, IL		60173
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)		(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (847) 781-3600

Not applicable

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:


Title of each class	Trading symbol(s)	Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, $0.01 par value	PRDO	Nasdaq Global Select Market

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§ 230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§ 240.12b-2 of this chapter).

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If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

Item 25.02. ~~Results~~ Departure of ~~Operations~~Directors ~~and~~or ~~Financial~~Certain ~~Condition~~Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

OnAnnual ~~February~~Incentive ~~19,~~Award 2026, Perdoceo Education Corporation (the “Company”) issued a press release describing the Company’s financial results for the fiscal quarter and year ended December 31, 2025 and providing the Company’s 2026 outlook. A copy of the press release is being furnished as Exhibit 99.1, and the information contained therein is incorporated herein by reference. Following the issuance of the press release, the Company will host a conference call and webcast on which its financial results for the quarter and year ended December 31, 2025 and 2026 outlook will be discussed.Program

~~The~~On ~~information~~March ~~contained~~10, in2026, ~~Item~~the ~~2.02~~Compensation Committee (the “Committee”) of ~~this~~the ~~Form~~Board ~~8-K,~~of ~~including~~Directors ~~Exhibit~~of ~~99.1,~~Perdoceo ~~shall~~Education ~~not~~Corporation be(the ~~deemed~~“Company”) approved the 2026 Annual Incentive Plan (the “~~filed~~2026 AIP”). The ~~for~~2026 ~~purposes~~AIP ofis ~~Section~~similar 18to ofthe Company’s 2025 Annual Incentive Plan (the ~~Securities~~“2025 ~~Exchange~~AIP”) ~~Act~~in ofall ~~1934~~material respects. As with the 2025 AIP, asthe ~~amended~~2026 AIP will use a company-wide adjusted operating income performance component (80% weighting) and an individual goals performance component (20% weighting) for all senior level participants, orincluding ~~otherwise~~the ~~subject~~Company’s toexecutive officers. Achievement of the ~~liabilities~~target level of ~~that~~performance ~~section~~for the adjusted operating income performance component results in a payout factor of 100%, ~~nor~~with ~~shall~~achievement ~~the~~of ~~information~~a bethreshold ~~deemed~~adjusted ~~incorporated~~operating byincome ~~reference~~performance ~~into~~level required for any ~~filing~~payments under the ~~Securities~~2026 ~~Act~~AIP ofand ~~1933~~a orpayment ~~Securities~~cap ~~Exchange~~of ~~Act~~200% of ~~1934,~~a ~~each~~participant’s asAIP ~~amended~~target value. In addition, ~~except~~the aspayout ~~shall~~opportunity for the individual goals performance component will be ~~expressly~~generally ~~set~~based ~~forth~~on bythe ~~specific~~level ~~reference~~of inachievement ~~such~~of athe ~~filing~~adjusted operating income performance component and may be adjusted to reflect individual contribution to support the achievement of the Company’s business objectives.

~~Item~~The 9foregoing description is not a complete description of all of the rights and obligations under the 2026 AIP and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the 2026 AIP, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit 10.~~01. Financial~~1 ~~Statements~~hereto and ~~Exhibits~~is incorporated herein by reference.

~~(d)~~Item ~~Exhibits~~9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits

~~The exhibits required by Item 601 of Regulation S-K are listed in the “Exhibit Index” which is contained in this Current Report on Form 8-K and are incorporated by reference herein.~~(d) Exhibits

The exhibits to this Current Report on Form 8-K are listed in the “Exhibit Index” which is contained herein and incorporated herein by reference.

Exhibit Index

ExhibitNumber		Description of ~~Exhibits~~Exhibit
99.1		Press release of the Company dated February 19, 2026 reporting the Company’s financial results for the quarter and year ended December 31, 2025.
*10.1		2026 Annual Incentive Plan
104		Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document)

* Management contract or compensatory plan or arrangement.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

PERDOCEO EDUCATION CORPORATION By: /s/ Ashish R. Ghia Ashish R. Ghia Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer


PERDOCEO EDUCATION CORPORATION

By:		/s/ Ashish R. Ghia
		Ashish R. Ghia
		Senior Vice President and Chief Financial
		Officer


Dated		March 13, 2026

~~Date: February 19, 2026~~4

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