Aspen Group, Inc. Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

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Financial Statements
Notes to Financial Statements
Accounting Policies
- Significant Accounting Policies (Policies)
Notes Tables
Notes Details

Commitments and Contingencies (Details)

v3.21.2

Commitments and Contingencies (Details) - USD ($)					3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
Commitments and Contingencies (Details) - USD ($)	Jul. 31, 2021	Jul. 01, 2021	Apr. 16, 2021	Feb. 08, 2019	Jul. 31, 2021	Apr. 30, 2020	Apr. 30, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020	Sep. 28, 2020	Aug. 31, 2020	Jul. 31, 2020	Oct. 15, 2015	Sep. 29, 2015	Feb. 11, 2013
Other Commitments [Line Items]
Estimate of potential loss														$ 2,200,000
Provisional certification, period			2 years
Return of unearned funds, no later than (in days)					45 days
Restricted cash	$ 3,722,831				$ 3,722,831		$ 5,152,789				$ 3,060,269
Customer Concentration Risk \| Revenue Benchmark \| Title IV Programs, Aspen University
Other Commitments [Line Items]
Concentration risk, percentage						31.00%
Customer Concentration Risk \| Revenue Benchmark \| Title IV Programs, United States University
Other Commitments [Line Items]
Concentration risk, percentage						33.00%
Collateral Pledged, Bank Letter of Credit
Other Commitments [Line Items]
Restricted cash	9,872				$ 9,872		$ 9,872	$ 369,473
Letter of Credit
Other Commitments [Line Items]
Letters of credit outstanding, amount									$ 255,708	$ 379,345
HEMG
Other Commitments [Line Items]
Amount of default judgment in litigation matter													$ 772,793
Number of AGI common stock remaining as sole asset in bankruptcy claim (in shares)												208,000
Number of AGI common stock filed in bankruptcy claim by third party (in shares)												167,000
Amount of claim filed				$ 888,638
Loss contingency, damages sought, value				$ 200,000
Proceeds from bankruptcy claims		$ 498,120
Writeoff of net receivable	$ 45,329

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