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  filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 5, 2015</B></FONT></P>
  
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  No.&nbsp;333-</B></FONT></P>
  
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  STATES</B></FONT></P>
  
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  AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B></FONT></P>
  
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  D.C. 20549</B></FONT></P>
  
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  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><B>FORM
  S-8</B></FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><B>REGISTRATION
  STATEMENT</B><BR>
  <B>UNDER</B><BR>
  <B>THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B></FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><B>&nbsp;</B></FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font: 14pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><B>Strayer
  Education, Inc.</B></FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">(Exact
  name of registrant as specified in its charter)</FONT></P>
  
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      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; width: 2%; text-align: left; line-height: 110%; padding: 0 0 1.5pt; text-indent: 0">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; width: 49%; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid; padding-left: 0; text-align: center; line-height: 110%; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><B>52-1975978</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center; line-height: 110%; padding: 0; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">(State or other jurisdiction of</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left; line-height: 110%; padding: 0; text-indent: 0">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center; line-height: 110%; padding: 0; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">(I.R.S. Employer</FONT></TD></TR>
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      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center; line-height: 110%; padding: 0; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">incorporation or organization)</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left; line-height: 110%; padding: 0; text-indent: 0">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center; line-height: 110%; padding: 0; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Identification No.)</FONT></TD></TR>
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  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt/110% Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; background-color: white"><B>2303
  Dulles Station Boulevard, Herndon, VA 20171</B></FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt/normal Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">(Address
  of principal executive offices)&nbsp; (Zip code)</FONT></P>
  
  
  
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  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><B>Strayer
  Education, Inc. 2015 Equity Compensation Plan</B></FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">(Full
  title of the plan)</FONT></P>
  
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  <P STYLE="font: 10pt/normal Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: center"><B>Daniel W. Jackson</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt/normal Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: center"><B>Executive Vice President and Chief
  Financial Officer</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt/normal Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: center"><B>Strayer Education, Inc.</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt/normal Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="background-color: white"><B>2303
  Dulles Station Boulevard</B></FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt/normal Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="background-color: white"><B>Herndon,
  VA 20171</B></FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt/110% Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="background-color: white"><B>(703)
  247-2500</B></FONT></P>
  
  
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  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">(Name,
  address and telephone number of agent for service)</FONT></P>
  
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  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><B>Copy
  to:</B></FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><B>Margaret
  de Lisser</B></FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><B>Hogan
  Lovells US LLP</B></FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><B>Columbia
  Square</B></FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><B>555
  Thirteenth Street, NW</B></FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><B>Washington,
  DC 20004-1109</B></FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><B>(202)
  637-5600</B></FONT></P>
  
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  by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller
  reporting company. See the definitions of &ldquo;large accelerated filer,&rdquo; &ldquo;accelerated filer,&rdquo; and &ldquo;smaller
  reporting company&rdquo; in Rule&nbsp;12b-2 of the Exchange Act.</FONT></P>
  
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      <TD STYLE="width: 4%; padding: 0; text-indent: 0">&nbsp;&#9746;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; width: 40%; text-align: left; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding: 0; text-indent: 0"></td>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; width: 2%; text-align: left; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding: 0; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></td>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; width: 25%; text-align: left; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding: 0; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Accelerated&nbsp;filer</FONT></td>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; width: 4%; text-align: left; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding: 0; text-indent: 0">&#9744;</td></tr>
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      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: left; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding: 0; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></td>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding: 0; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></td>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: left; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding: 0; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></td>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: left; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding: 0; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></td></tr>
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      filer</FONT></td>
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      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: left; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding: 0; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Smaller&nbsp;reporting&nbsp;company</FONT></td>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: left; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding: 0; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&#9744;</FONT></td></tr>
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  OF REGISTRATION FEE</B></FONT></P>
  
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      <TD STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: left; border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid">Title of securities to be registered</TD><TD STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-bottom: 1.5pt">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><B>Amount</B> <B>to be registered</B> <B><SUP></SUP></B></FONT></TD><TD STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid">(1)&nbsp;(3)</TD><TD STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-bottom: 1.5pt">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid">Proposed <BR>maximum offering price per share (2)</TD><TD STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-bottom: 1.5pt">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-bottom: 1.5pt">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid">Proposed maximum aggregate offering price(2)</TD><TD STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-bottom: 1.5pt">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-bottom: 1.5pt">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid">Amount of <BR>registration fee (2)</TD><TD STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-bottom: 1.5pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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      <TD STYLE="width: 52%; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: left">Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share</TD><TD STYLE="width: 1%; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="width: 1%; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="width: 9%; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: right">500,000</TD><TD STYLE="width: 1%; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="width: 1%; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="width: 1%; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: left">$</TD><TD STYLE="width: 9%; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: right">50.705</TD><TD STYLE="width: 1%; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="width: 1%; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="width: 1%; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: left">$</TD><TD STYLE="width: 9%; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: right">25,352,500</TD><TD STYLE="width: 1%; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="width: 1%; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="width: 1%; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: left">$</TD><TD STYLE="width: 9%; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: right">2,946</TD><TD STYLE="width: 1%; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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      <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: right">2,870</TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: left">$</TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: right">50.705</TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: left">$</TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: right">145,523</TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: left">$</TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: right">17</TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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      <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: right">594,476</TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: left">$</TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: right">50.705</TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: left">$</TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: right">30,142,906</TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: left">$</TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: right">3,504</TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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      <TD STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: left">Total</TD><TD STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: right">1,097,346</TD><TD STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><B>N/A</B></FONT></TD><TD STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><B>N/A</B></FONT></TD><TD STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: left">$</TD><TD STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: right">6,467</TD><TD STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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  <P STYLE="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"></P>
  
  
  
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  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">
      <TD STYLE="width: 4%; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding: 0; text-indent: 0"><P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
          <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">(1)</FONT></P></td>
      <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding: 0; text-indent: 0"><P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
          <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Pursuant
          to Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &ldquo;Securities Act&rdquo;), this registration statement
          (the &ldquo;Registration Statement&rdquo;) covers, in addition to the number of shares of Common Stock, $0.01 par value
          (the &ldquo;Common Stock&rdquo;) of Strayer Education, Inc. (the &ldquo;Registrant&rdquo;) shown in the table, an indeterminate
          number of shares of Common Stock that may become issuable as a result of a stock split, stock dividend or similar adjustment
          of the outstanding Common Stock as specified in the Strayer Education, Inc. 2015 Equity Compensation Plan (the &ldquo;2015
          Plan&rdquo;).</FONT></P></td></tr>
  </table>
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
  
  <TABLE CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="0" STYLE="width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">
      <TD STYLE="width: 4%; text-align: left; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding: 0; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">(2)</FONT></td>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: justify; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding: 0; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Estimated
      pursuant to Rules 457(c) and 457(h) under the Securities Act solely for purposes of calculating the registration fee, based
      upon the average of the high and low sale prices of the Common Stock as reported on the NASDAQ Global Market on May 1, 2015.</FONT></td></tr>
  </table>
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
  
  <TABLE CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="0" STYLE="width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">
      <TD STYLE="width: 4%; text-align: left; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding: 0; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">(3)</FONT></td>
      <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding: 0; text-indent: 0"><P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Represents
  the maximum number of shares of Common Stock available for issuance pursuant to the 2015 Plan (subject to adjustment by reason
  of certain events specified in the 2015 Plan), consisting of the sum of (a) 500,000 shares of Common Stock initially authorized
  for issuance pursuant to the 2015 Plan plus (b) 2,870 shares of Common Stock available for future awards but not subject to outstanding
  awards under the existing Strayer Education, Inc. 2011 Equity Compensation Plan (the &ldquo;Prior Plan) as of the date of the
  Registrant&rsquo;s Annual Meeting held in 2015, subject to stockholder approval of the 2015 Plan (the &ldquo;Amendment Date&rdquo;)
  plus (c) 594,476 shares of Common Stock related to awards outstanding under the Prior Plan as of the Amendment Date that thereafter
  terminate by expiration or forfeiture, cancellation or otherwise without the issuance of such shares of Common Stock.</FONT></P></td></tr>
  </table>
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><B>&nbsp;</B></FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"></FONT></P>
  
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  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><B>&nbsp;</B></FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"></P>
  
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  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><B>&nbsp;</B></FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><B>PART
  I</B></FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><B>INFORMATION
  REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS</B></FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">The
  documents containing the information specified in Part&nbsp;I will be sent or given to employees as specified by Rule&nbsp;428(b)(1)
  of the Securities Act. Such documents need not be filed with the Commission either as part of this Registration Statement or as
  prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule 424 of the Securities Act. These documents and the documents incorporated
  by reference in this Registration Statement pursuant to Item 3 of Part II of this Registration Statement, taken together, constitute
  a prospectus that meets the requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act.</FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><B>&nbsp;</B></FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><B>PART
  II</B></FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><B>INFORMATION
  REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B></FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><B>Item&nbsp;3.
  Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</B></FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">The
  Registrant hereby incorporates by reference into this Registration Statement the following documents filed by it with the Commission:</FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></P>
  
  <TABLE CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" STYLE="width: 100%; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">
  <TD STYLE="width: 0.25in; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding: 0; text-indent: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding: 0; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">(a)</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding: 0; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">The
                                           Registrant&rsquo;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31,
                                           2014 filed with the Commission on February 20, 2015 including information incorporated
                                           by reference in the Form 10-K from the Registrant&rsquo;s definitive proxy statement
                                           for its 2015 annual meeting of stockholders, which was filed on March 13, 2015;</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 0.5in; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
  
  <TABLE CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" STYLE="width: 100%; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">
  <TD STYLE="width: 0.25in; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding: 0; text-indent: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding: 0; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">(b)</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding: 0; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">The
                                           Registrant&rsquo;s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on March 4, 2015;
                                           and</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 0.5in; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
  
  <TABLE CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" STYLE="width: 100%; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">
  <TD STYLE="width: 0.25in; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding: 0; text-indent: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding: 0; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">(c)</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding: 0; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">The
                                           description of the Registrant&rsquo;s Common Stock as contained in the Registration Statement
                                           on Form 8-A, filed by the Registrant on July 18, 1996 to register its Common Stock under
                                           the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (&ldquo;Exchange Act&rdquo;), and all
                                           amendments or reports filed for the purpose of updating such description prior to the
                                           termination of the offering of Common Stock made hereby.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">In
  addition, all documents and reports filed by the Registrant subsequent to the date hereof pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14
  and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement which indicates
  that all securities offered have been sold, or which deregisters all securities remaining unsold (other than those furnished pursuant
  to Item 2.02 or Item 7.01 of Form 8-K or other information &ldquo;furnished&rdquo; to the Commission), shall be deemed to be incorporated
  by reference in this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents. Any statement contained
  in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes
  of this registration statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which
  also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified
  or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this registration statement.</FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><B>Item&nbsp;4.
  Description of Securities.</B></FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Not
  applicable.</FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><B>Item&nbsp;5.
  Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.</B></FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Not
  applicable.</FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><B>&nbsp;</B></FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><B>Item&nbsp;6.
  Indemnification of Directors and Officers.</B></FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><B>&nbsp;</B></FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">The
  following summarizes certain arrangements by which controlling persons, directors and officers of the Registrant, a Maryland corporation,
  are indemnified against liability which they may incur in such capacities.</FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><I>&nbsp;</I></FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: left"></P>
  
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  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: left">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Section
  2-418 of the Maryland Corporations and Associations Law, as amended, provides that under certain circumstances a corporation may
  indemnify any director or officer made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil,
  criminal, administrative, or investigative by reason of service in that capacity unless it is established that the act or omission
  of the director was material to the matter giving rise to the proceeding and was committed in bad faith or was the result of active
  and deliberate dishonesty; or the director actually received an improper personal benefit in money, property, or services; or
  in the case of any criminal proceeding, the director had reasonable cause to believe that the act or omission was unlawful. Indemnification
  may be against judgments, penalties, fines, settlements, and reasonable expenses actually incurred by the director in connection
  with the proceeding.</FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: left; text-indent: 24.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Article
  VI of the Registrant&rsquo;s Bylaws provides:</FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: left; text-indent: 24.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">To
  the maximum extent permitted by Maryland law in effect from time to time, the Corporation, without requiring a preliminary determination
  of the ultimate entitlement to indemnification, shall indemnify (a) any Director or officer or any former Director or officer
  (including among the foregoing, for all purposes of this Article VI and without limitation, any individual who, while a Director
  and at the request of the Corporation, serves or has served another corporation, partnership, joint venture, company, employee
  benefit plan or any other enterprise as a director, officer, partner or Director of such corporation, partnership, joint venture,
  Corporation, employee benefit plan or other enterprise), who has been successful, on the merits or otherwise, in the defense of
  a proceeding to which he was made a party by reason of such status, against reasonable expenses incurred by him in connection
  with the proceeding, and (b) any Director or officer or any former Director or officer against any claim or liability to which
  he may become subject by reason of such status unless it is established that (i) his act or omission was committed in bad faith
  or was the result of active and deliberate dishonesty, (ii) he actually received an improper personal benefit in money, property
  or services or (iii) in the case of a criminal proceeding, he had reasonable cause to believe that his act or omission was unlawful.
  In addition, the Corporation shall pay or reimburse, in advance of final disposition of a proceeding, reasonable expenses incurred
  by a Director or officer or former Director or officer made a party to a proceeding by reason of his status as a Director or officer;
  provided , that the Corporation shall have received (i) a written affirmation by the Director or officer of his good faith belief
  that he has met the applicable standard of conduct necessary for indemnification by the Corporation as authorized by these Bylaws
  and (ii) a written undertaking by or on his behalf to repay the amount paid or reimbursed by the Corporation if it shall ultimately
  be determined that the applicable standard of conduct was not met. The Corporation may, with the approval of its Directors, provide
  such indemnification and payment or reimbursement of expenses to any employee or agent of the Corporation. Neither the amendment
  nor repeal of this Article VI, nor the adoption or amendment of any other provision of the Articles of Incorporation or these
  Bylaws inconsistent with this Article VI, shall apply to or affect in any respect the applicability of this paragraph with respect
  to any act or failure to act which occurred prior to such amendment, repeal or adoption. Any indemnification or payment or reimbursement
  of the expenses permitted by these Bylaws shall be furnished in accordance with the procedures provided for indemnification and
  payment or reimbursement of expenses under Section 2-4 18 of the Maryland General Corporation Law (the &ldquo;MGCL&rdquo;) for
  directors of Maryland corporations. The Corporation may provide to Directors, officers and stockholders such other and further
  indemnification or payment or reimbursement of expenses as may be permitted by the MGCL, as in effect from time to time, for directors
  of Maryland corporations.</FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: left; text-indent: 24.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">In
  addition, the Registrant maintains liability insurance coverage for its officers and directors which entitles the Registrant to
  be reimbursed for certain indemnity payments it is required or permitted to make to its directors and officers with respect to
  actions arising out of the performance of such officer&rsquo;s or director&rsquo;s duties.</FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: left; text-indent: 24.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><I>&nbsp;</I>&nbsp;</FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><B>Item&nbsp;7.
  Exemption from Registration Claimed.</B></FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Not
  applicable.</FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: left"></P>
  
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  Exhibits.</B></FONT></P>
  
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      <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="text-align: center; vertical-align: middle">Exhibit</TD><TD>&nbsp;</TD><TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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      <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid; vertical-align: middle">Number</TD><TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1.5pt">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1.5pt">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: justify; border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid">Description</TD></TR>
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      <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="text-align: center; vertical-align: middle">&nbsp;</TD><TD>&nbsp;</TD><TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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      <TD STYLE="width: 1%; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="width: 9%; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle">5.1</TD><TD STYLE="width: 1%; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="width: 1%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="width: 88%; text-align: justify">Opinion of Hogan Lovells US LLP*</TD></TR>
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      <TD STYLE="text-align: center; vertical-align: middle">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: center; vertical-align: middle">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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      <TD STYLE="text-align: center; vertical-align: middle">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: center; vertical-align: middle">23.1</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">Consent of Hogan Lovells US LLP (contained in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1)*</TD></TR>
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      <TD STYLE="text-align: center; vertical-align: middle">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: center; vertical-align: middle">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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      <TD STYLE="text-align: center; vertical-align: middle">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: center; vertical-align: middle">23.2</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP*</TD></TR>
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      <TD STYLE="text-align: center; vertical-align: middle">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: center; vertical-align: middle">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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      <TD STYLE="text-align: center; vertical-align: middle">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: center; vertical-align: middle">24.1</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">Power of Attorney (included with signature page to this Registration Statement)* <BR></TD></TR>
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      <TD STYLE="text-align: center; vertical-align: middle">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: center; vertical-align: middle">99.1</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">Strayer Education, Inc. 2015 Equity Compensation Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit A to the Company&rsquo;s definitive proxy statement filed on March 13, 2015). <BR></TD></TR>
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      <TD STYLE="text-align: center; vertical-align: middle">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: center; vertical-align: middle">99.2</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">Strayer Education, Inc. 2015 Equity Compensation Plan Form of Restricted Stock Agreement (Time Based)* <BR></TD></TR>
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      <TD STYLE="text-align: center; vertical-align: middle">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: center; vertical-align: middle">99.3</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">Strayer Education, Inc. 2015 Equity Compensation Plan Form of Restricted Stock Agreement (Performance Based)*</TD></TR>
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      <TD STYLE="text-align: center; vertical-align: middle">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: center; vertical-align: middle">99.4</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">Strayer Education, Inc. 2015 Equity Compensation Plan Form of Restricted Stock Agreement for Directors* <BR></TD></TR>
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      <TD STYLE="text-align: center; vertical-align: middle">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: center; vertical-align: middle">99.5</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">Strayer Education, Inc. 2015 Equity Compensation Plan Form of Nonqualified Stock Option Agreement*</TD></TR>
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      <TD STYLE="text-align: left; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding: 0; text-indent: 0; width: 94%"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Filed
      herewith.</FONT></td></tr>
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  Undertakings.</B></FONT></P>
  
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      <TD NOWRAP STYLE="width: 2%; text-align: left; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding: 0; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">(a)</FONT></td>
      <TD STYLE="width: 1%; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding: 0; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></td>
      <TD STYLE="width: 97%; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding: 0; text-indent: 0; text-align: justify"><P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">The
                                           undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:</FONT></P>
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      <TD STYLE="width: 0.25in; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding: 0; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="width: 0.25in; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding: 0; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">(1)</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: justify; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding: 0; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;&nbsp;&#9;To
      file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:</FONT></TD></TR>
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      <TD STYLE="width: 4%"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="width: 4%"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD NOWRAP STYLE="text-align: left; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding: 0; text-indent: 0; vertical-align: top; width: 3%"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">(i)</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: justify; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding: 0; text-indent: 0; width: 89%"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">To
      include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;</FONT></TD>
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      <TD><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD NOWRAP STYLE="text-align: left; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding: 0; text-indent: 0; vertical-align: top"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: justify; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding: 0; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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      <TD><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD NOWRAP STYLE="text-align: left; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding: 0; text-indent: 0; vertical-align: top"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">(ii)</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: justify; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding: 0; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">To
      reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the Registration Statement (or the most
      recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information
      set forth in the Registration Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered
      (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low
      or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant
      to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20 percent change in the maximum
      aggregate offering price set forth in the &ldquo;Calculation of Registration Fee&rdquo; table in the effective Registration
      Statement;</FONT></TD>
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      <TD><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD NOWRAP STYLE="text-align: left; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding: 0; text-indent: 0; vertical-align: top"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: justify; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding: 0; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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      <TD><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD NOWRAP STYLE="text-align: left; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding: 0; text-indent: 0; vertical-align: top"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">(iii)</FONT></td>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: justify; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding: 0; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">To
      include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the Registration Statement
      or any material change to such information in the Registration Statement.</FONT></td>
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      <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-indent: 0.5in; text-align: justify; width: 97%"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><I>Provided,
      however</I>, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) of this section do not apply if the information required to be included
      in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the
      Registrant pursuant to section 13 or section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference
      in the Registration Statement.</FONT></TD></TR>
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  <TD STYLE="width: 0.25in; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding: 0; text-indent: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding: 0; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">(2)</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding: 0; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">That,
                                           for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each such
                                           post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new Registration Statement relating
                                           to the securities offered herein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall
                                           be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>
  
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                                           remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities
                                           being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>
  
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  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">(b)
  The undersigned Registrant hereby further undertakes that, for the purposes of determining any liability under the Securities
  Act of 1933, each filing of the Registrant&rsquo;s annual report pursuant to section 13(a) or section 15(d) of the Securities
  Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan&rsquo;s annual report pursuant to section
  15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement shall be deemed
  to be a new Registration Statement relating to the securities offered herein, and the offering of such securities at that time
  shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.</FONT></P>
  
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  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">(h)
  Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and
  controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that
  in the opinion of the Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act of 1933 and
  is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by
  the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense
  of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities
  being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent,
  submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed
  in the Securities Act of 1933 and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.</FONT></P>
  
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  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><B>SIGNATURES</B></FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Pursuant
  to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it
  meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf
  by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in Herndon, Virginia, on this 5th day of May, 2015.</FONT></P>
  
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      <TD STYLE="padding: 0; line-height: 115%; text-indent: 0">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="padding: 0; line-height: 115%; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><B>Strayer Education, Inc.</B> </FONT></TD></TR>
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      <TD STYLE="padding: 0; line-height: 115%; text-indent: 0">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="padding: 0; line-height: 115%; text-indent: 0">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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      <TD STYLE="padding: 0 0 1.5pt; line-height: 115%; text-indent: 0; width: 60%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding: 0 0 1.5pt; line-height: 115%; text-indent: 0; width: 3%"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid; padding-left: 0; line-height: 115%; text-indent: 0; width: 37%"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">/s/ Daniel W. Jackson</FONT></TD></TR>
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      <TD STYLE="padding: 0; line-height: 115%; text-indent: 0">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding: 0; line-height: 115%; text-indent: 0">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding: 0; line-height: 115%; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Daniel W. Jackson</FONT></TD></TR>
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      <TD STYLE="padding: 0; line-height: 115%; text-indent: 0">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding: 0; line-height: 115%; text-indent: 0">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding: 0; line-height: 115%; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Chief Financial Officer</FONT></TD></TR>
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  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><B>POWER
  OF ATTORNEY</B></FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Each
  person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Karl McDonnell, Daniel W. Jackson and Viet D. Dinh, and each of
  them individually, as his lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and
  his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to
  this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with
  the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, with full power and
  authority to do so and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully
  to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact
  and agents, or his or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.</FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&#9;Pursuant
  to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the
  capacities indicated on May 5, 2015.</FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
  
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      <TD STYLE="width: 3%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-left: 0; text-align: center; width: 55%; vertical-align: middle"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><B>Title</B></FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">
      <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-align: center; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-align: left; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-indent: 0; vertical-align: middle"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-left: 0; text-align: center; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">/s/
      Karl McDonnell</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1.5pt">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD ROWSPAN="2" STYLE="vertical-align: middle; padding: 0 0 1.5pt; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: left; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Chief
      Executive Officer and Director (Principal Executive Officer)</FONT></TD></TR>
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      <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-align: center; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Karl
      McDonnell</FONT></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">
      <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-align: center; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-align: left; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-indent: 0; vertical-align: middle"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-left: 0; text-align: center; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">/s/
      Daniel W. Jackson</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1.5pt">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD ROWSPAN="2" STYLE="vertical-align: middle; padding: 0 0 1.5pt; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: left; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Chief
      Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer)</FONT></TD></TR>
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      <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-align: center; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Daniel
      W. Jackson</FONT></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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      <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-align: center; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-align: left; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-indent: 0; vertical-align: middle"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-left: 0; text-align: center; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">/s/
      Thomas J. Aprahamian</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1.5pt">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD ROWSPAN="2" STYLE="vertical-align: middle; padding: 0 0 1.5pt; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: left; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Chief
      Accounting Officer (Principal Accounting Officer)</FONT></TD></TR>
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      <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-indent: 0; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Thomas
                                           J. Aprahamian</FONT></P>
          <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"></FONT></P></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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      <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-align: center; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-align: left; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-indent: 0; vertical-align: middle"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-left: 0; text-align: center; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">/s/
      Robert S. Silberman</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1.5pt">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD ROWSPAN="2" STYLE="vertical-align: middle; padding: 0 0 1.5pt; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: left; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Executive
      Chairman of the Board</FONT></TD></TR>
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      <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-align: center; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Robert
      S. Silberman</FONT></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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      <TD STYLE="padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-left: 0; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; width: 55%"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><B>Title</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-align: left; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-indent: 0; vertical-align: middle"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
  
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      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-left: 0; text-align: center; text-indent: 0; width: 42%"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">/s<FONT STYLE="font-variant: small-caps">/
      </FONT>Charlotte F. Beason</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1.5pt; width: 3%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD ROWSPAN="2" STYLE="vertical-align: middle; padding: 0 0 1.5pt; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: left; text-indent: 0; width: 55%"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Director</FONT></TD></TR>
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      <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-align: center; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Charlotte
  F. Beason</FONT></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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      <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-align: center; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-align: left; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-indent: 0; vertical-align: middle"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-left: 0; text-align: center; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">/s/
      William E. Brock</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1.5pt">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD ROWSPAN="2" STYLE="vertical-align: middle; padding: 0 0 1.5pt; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: left; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Director</FONT></TD></TR>
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      <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-align: center; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">William
      E. Brock</FONT></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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      <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-align: center; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-align: left; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-indent: 0; vertical-align: middle"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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      John T. Casteen, III</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1.5pt">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD ROWSPAN="2" STYLE="vertical-align: middle; padding: 0 0 1.5pt; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: left; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Director</FONT></TD></TR>
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      <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-align: center; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">John
      T. Casteen, III</FONT></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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      <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-align: center; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-align: left; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-indent: 0; vertical-align: middle"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-left: 0; text-align: center; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">/s/
      Robert R. Grusky</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1.5pt">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD ROWSPAN="2" STYLE="vertical-align: middle; padding: 0 0 1.5pt; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: left; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Director</FONT></TD></TR>
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      <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-align: center; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Robert
      R. Grusky</FONT></TD>
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      <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-align: center; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-align: left; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-indent: 0; vertical-align: middle"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-left: 0; text-align: center; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">/s/
      Robert L. Johnson</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1.5pt">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD ROWSPAN="2" STYLE="vertical-align: middle; padding: 0 0 1.5pt; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: left; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Director</FONT></TD></TR>
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      <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-align: center; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Robert
      L. Johnson</FONT></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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      <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-align: center; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-align: left; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-indent: 0; vertical-align: middle"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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      <TD STYLE="padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-left: 0; text-align: center; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">/s/
      Todd A. Milano</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1.5pt">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD ROWSPAN="2" STYLE="padding: 0 0 1.5pt; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: left; text-indent: 0; vertical-align: middle"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Director</FONT></TD></TR>
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      <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-align: center; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Todd
      A. Milano</FONT></TD>
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      <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-align: center; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-align: left; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-indent: 0; vertical-align: middle"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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                                           </FONT>G. Thomas Waite, III</FONT></P></TD>
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      <TD ROWSPAN="2" STYLE="vertical-align: middle; padding: 0 0 1.5pt; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: left; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Director</FONT></TD></TR>
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      <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-align: center; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">G.
      Thomas Waite, III</FONT></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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      <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-align: center; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-align: left; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-indent: 0; vertical-align: middle"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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                                           </FONT>J. David Wargo</FONT></P>
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      <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1.5pt">&nbsp;</TD>
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      David Wargo</FONT></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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      <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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      <TD STYLE="width: 1%; text-align: center; vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="width: 9%; text-align: center; vertical-align: top">5.1</TD><TD STYLE="width: 1%; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="width: 1%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="width: 88%; text-align: justify">Opinion of Hogan Lovells US LLP*</TD></TR>
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      <TD STYLE="text-align: center; vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: center; vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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      <TD STYLE="text-align: center; vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: center; vertical-align: top">23.1</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">Consent of Hogan Lovells US LLP (contained in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1)*</TD></TR>
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      <TD STYLE="text-align: center; vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: center; vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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      <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">Power of Attorney (included with signature page to this Registration Statement)* <BR></TD></TR>
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      <TD STYLE="text-align: center; vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: center; vertical-align: top">99.1</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">Strayer Education, Inc. 2015 Equity Compensation Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit A to the Company&rsquo;s definitive proxy statement filed on March 13, 2015). <BR></TD></TR>
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      <TD STYLE="text-align: center; vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: center; vertical-align: top">99.2</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">Strayer Education, Inc. 2015 Equity Compensation Plan Form of Restricted Stock Agreement (Time Based)* <BR></TD></TR>
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      <TD STYLE="text-align: center; vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: center; vertical-align: top">99.3</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">Strayer Education, Inc. 2015 Equity Compensation Plan Form of Restricted Stock Agreement (Performance Based)*</TD></TR>
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      <TD STYLE="text-align: center; vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: center; vertical-align: top">99.4</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">Strayer Education, Inc. 2015 Equity Compensation Plan Form of Restricted Stock Agreement for Directors* <BR></TD></TR>
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      <TD STYLE="text-align: center; vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: center; vertical-align: top">99.5</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">Strayer Education, Inc. 2015 Equity Compensation Plan Form of Nonqualified Stock Option Agreement*</TD></TR>
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text: As
  filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 5, 2015
  Registration
  No. 333-
  UNITED
  STATES
  SECURITIES
  AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
  Washington,
  D.C. 20549
  FORM
  S-8
  REGISTRATION
  STATEMENT
  UNDER
  THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
  Strayer
  Education, Inc.
  (Exact
  name of registrant as specified in its charter)
  Maryland
  52-1975978
  (State or other jurisdiction of
  (I.R.S. Employer
  incorporation or organization)
  Identification No.)
  2303
  Dulles Station Boulevard, Herndon, VA 20171
  (Address
  of principal executive offices)  (Zip code)
  Strayer
  Education, Inc. 2015 Equity Compensation Plan
  (Full
  title of the plan)
  Daniel W. Jackson
  Executive Vice President and Chief
  Financial Officer
  Strayer Education, Inc.
  2303
  Dulles Station Boulevard
  Herndon,
  VA 20171
  (703)
  247-2500
  (Name,
  address and telephone number of agent for service)
  Copy
  to:
  Margaret
  de Lisser
  Hogan
  Lovells US LLP
  Columbia
  Square
  555
  Thirteenth Street, NW
  Washington,
  DC 20004-1109
  (202)
  637-5600
  Indicate
  by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller
  reporting company. See the definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer," and "smaller
  reporting company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
  Large accelerated filer
  ☒
  Accelerated filer
  ☐
  Non-accelerated
      filer
  ☐
  (Do
      not check if a smaller reporting company)
  Smaller reporting company
  ☐
  CALCULATION
  OF REGISTRATION FEE
  Title of securities to be registered
  Amount
  to be registered
  (1) (3)
  Proposed
  maximum offering price per share (2)
  Proposed maximum aggregate offering price(2)
  Amount of
  registration fee (2)
  Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share
  500,000
  $
  50.705
  $
  25,352,500
  $
  2,946
  2,870
  $
  50.705
  $
  145,523
  $
  17
  594,476
  $
  50.705
  $
  30,142,906
  $
  3,504
  Total
  1,097,346
  N/A
  N/A
  $
  6,467
  (1)
  Pursuant
          to Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), this registration statement
          (the "Registration Statement") covers, in addition to the number of shares of Common Stock, $0.01 par value
          (the "Common Stock") of Strayer Education, Inc. (the "Registrant") shown in the table, an indeterminate
          number of shares of Common Stock that may become issuable as a result of a stock split, stock dividend or similar adjustment
          of the outstanding Common Stock as specified in the Strayer Education, Inc. 2015 Equity Compensation Plan (the "2015
          Plan").
  (2)
  Estimated
      pursuant to Rules 457(c) and 457(h) under the Securities Act solely for purposes of calculating the registration fee, based
      upon the average of the high and low sale prices of the Common Stock as reported on the NASDAQ Global Market on May 1, 2015.
  (3)
  Represents
  the maximum number of shares of Common Stock available for issuance pursuant to the 2015 Plan (subject to adjustment by reason
  of certain events specified in the 2015 Plan), consisting of the sum of (a) 500,000 shares of Common Stock initially authorized
  for issuance pursuant to the 2015 Plan plus (b) 2,870 shares of Common Stock available for future awards but not subject to outstanding
  awards under the existing Strayer Education, Inc. 2011 Equity Compensation Plan (the "Prior Plan) as of the date of the
  Registrant's Annual Meeting held in 2015, subject to stockholder approval of the 2015 Plan (the "Amendment Date")
  plus (c) 594,476 shares of Common Stock related to awards outstanding under the Prior Plan as of the Amendment Date that thereafter
  terminate by expiration or forfeiture, cancellation or otherwise without the issuance of such shares of Common Stock.
  PART
  I
  INFORMATION
  REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
  The
  documents containing the information specified in Part I will be sent or given to employees as specified by Rule 428(b)(1)
  of the Securities Act. Such documents need not be filed with the Commission either as part of this Registration Statement or as
  prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule 424 of the Securities Act. These documents and the documents incorporated
  by reference in this Registration Statement pursuant to Item 3 of Part II of this Registration Statement, taken together, constitute
  a prospectus that meets the requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act.
  PART
  II
  INFORMATION
  REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
  Item 3.
  Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
  The
  Registrant hereby incorporates by reference into this Registration Statement the following documents filed by it with the Commission:
  (a)
  The
                                           Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31,
                                           2014 filed with the Commission on February 20, 2015 including information incorporated
                                           by reference in the Form 10-K from the Registrant's definitive proxy statement
                                           for its 2015 annual meeting of stockholders, which was filed on March 13, 2015;
  (b)
  The
                                           Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on March 4, 2015;
                                           and
  (c)
  The
                                           description of the Registrant's Common Stock as contained in the Registration Statement
                                           on Form 8-A, filed by the Registrant on July 18, 1996 to register its Common Stock under
                                           the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended ("Exchange Act"), and all
                                           amendments or reports filed for the purpose of updating such description prior to the
                                           termination of the offering of Common Stock made hereby.
  In
  addition, all documents and reports filed by the Registrant subsequent to the date hereof pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14
  and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement which indicates
  that all securities offered have been sold, or which deregisters all securities remaining unsold (other than those furnished pursuant
  to Item 2.02 or Item 7.01 of Form 8-K or other information "furnished" to the Commission), shall be deemed to be incorporated
  by reference in this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents. Any statement contained
  in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes
  of this registration statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which
  also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified
  or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this registration statement.
  Item 4.
  Description of Securities.
  Not
  applicable.
  Item 5.
  Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
  Not
  applicable.
  Item 6.
  Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
  The
  following summarizes certain arrangements by which controlling persons, directors and officers of the Registrant, a Maryland corporation,
  are indemnified against liability which they may incur in such capacities.
  2
  Section
  2-418 of the Maryland Corporations and Associations Law, as amended, provides that under certain circumstances a corporation may
  indemnify any director or officer made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil,
  criminal, administrative, or investigative by reason of service in that capacity unless it is established that the act or omission
  of the director was material to the matter giving rise to the proceeding and was committed in bad faith or was the result of active
  and deliberate dishonesty; or the director actually received an improper personal benefit in money, property, or services; or
  in the case of any criminal proceeding, the director had reasonable cause to believe that the act or omission was unlawful. Indemnification
  may be against judgments, penalties, fines, settlements, and reasonable expenses actually incurred by the director in connection
  with the proceeding.
  Article
  VI of the Registrant's Bylaws provides:
  To
  the maximum extent permitted by Maryland law in effect from time to time, the Corporation, without requiring a preliminary determination
  of the ultimate entitlement to indemnification, shall indemnify (a) any Director or officer or any former Director or officer
  (including among the foregoing, for all purposes of this Article VI and without limitation, any individual who, while a Director
  and at the request of the Corporation, serves or has served another corporation, partnership, joint venture, company, employee
  benefit plan or any other enterprise as a director, officer, partner or Director of such corporation, partnership, joint venture,
  Corporation, employee benefit plan or other enterprise), who has been successful, on the merits or otherwise, in the defense of
  a proceeding to which he was made a party by reason of such status, against reasonable expenses incurred by him in connection
  with the proceeding, and (b) any Director or officer or any former Director or officer against any claim or liability to which
  he may become subject by reason of such status unless it is established that (i) his act or omission was committed in bad faith
  or was the result of active and deliberate dishonesty, (ii) he actually received an improper personal benefit in money, property
  or services or (iii) in the case of a criminal proceeding, he had reasonable cause to believe that his act or omission was unlawful.
  In addition, the Corporation shall pay or reimburse, in advance of final disposition of a proceeding, reasonable expenses incurred
  by a Director or officer or former Director or officer made a party to a proceeding by reason of his status as a Director or officer;
  provided , that the Corporation shall have received (i) a written affirmation by the Director or officer of his good faith belief
  that he has met the applicable standard of conduct necessary for indemnification by the Corporation as authorized by these Bylaws
  and (ii) a written undertaking by or on his behalf to repay the amount paid or reimbursed by the Corporation if it shall ultimately
  be determined that the applicable standard of conduct was not met. The Corporation may, with the approval of its Directors, provide
  such indemnification and payment or reimbursement of expenses to any employee or agent of the Corporation. Neither the amendment
  nor repeal of this Article VI, nor the adoption or amendment of any other provision of the Articles of Incorporation or these
  Bylaws inconsistent with this Article VI, shall apply to or affect in any respect the applicability of this paragraph with respect
  to any act or failure to act which occurred prior to such amendment, repeal or adoption. Any indemnification or payment or reimbursement
  of the expenses permitted by these Bylaws shall be furnished in accordance with the procedures provided for indemnification and
  payment or reimbursement of expenses under Section 2-4 18 of the Maryland General Corporation Law (the "MGCL") for
  directors of Maryland corporations. The Corporation may provide to Directors, officers and stockholders such other and further
  indemnification or payment or reimbursement of expenses as may be permitted by the MGCL, as in effect from time to time, for directors
  of Maryland corporations.
  In
  addition, the Registrant maintains liability insurance coverage for its officers and directors which entitles the Registrant to
  be reimbursed for certain indemnity payments it is required or permitted to make to its directors and officers with respect to
  actions arising out of the performance of such officer's or director's duties.
  Item 7.
  Exemption from Registration Claimed.
  Not
  applicable.
  3
  Item 8.
  Exhibits.
  Exhibit
  Number
  Description
  5.1
  Opinion of Hogan Lovells US LLP*
  23.1
  Consent of Hogan Lovells US LLP (contained in Exhibit 5.1)*
  23.2
  Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP*
  24.1
  Power of Attorney (included with signature page to this Registration Statement)*
  99.1
  Strayer Education, Inc. 2015 Equity Compensation Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit A to the Company's definitive proxy statement filed on March 13, 2015).
  99.2
  Strayer Education, Inc. 2015 Equity Compensation Plan Form of Restricted Stock Agreement (Time Based)*
  99.3
  Strayer Education, Inc. 2015 Equity Compensation Plan Form of Restricted Stock Agreement (Performance Based)*
  99.4
  Strayer Education, Inc. 2015 Equity Compensation Plan Form of Restricted Stock Agreement for Directors*
  99.5
  Strayer Education, Inc. 2015 Equity Compensation Plan Form of Nonqualified Stock Option Agreement*
  *
  Filed
      herewith.
  Item 9.
  Undertakings.
  (a)
  The
                                           undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
  (1)
  To
      file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:
  (i)
  To
      include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;
  (ii)
  To
      reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the Registration Statement (or the most
      recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information
      set forth in the Registration Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered
      (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low
      or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant
      to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20 percent change in the maximum
      aggregate offering price set forth in the "Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the effective Registration
      Statement;
  (iii)
  To
      include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the Registration Statement
      or any material change to such information in the Registration Statement.
  Provided,
      however
  , that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) of this section do not apply if the information required to be included
      in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the
      Registrant pursuant to section 13 or section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference
      in the Registration Statement.
  (2)
  That,
                                           for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each such
                                           post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new Registration Statement relating
                                           to the securities offered herein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall
                                           be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
  4
  (3)
  To
                                           remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities
                                           being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
  (b)
  The undersigned Registrant hereby further undertakes that, for the purposes of determining any liability under the Securities
  Act of 1933, each filing of the Registrant's annual report pursuant to section 13(a) or section 15(d) of the Securities
  Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to section
  15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement shall be deemed
  to be a new Registration Statement relating to the securities offered herein, and the offering of such securities at that time
  shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
  (h)
  Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and
  controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that
  in the opinion of the Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act of 1933 and
  is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by
  the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense
  of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities
  being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent,
  submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed
  in the Securities Act of 1933 and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
  5
  SIGNATURES
  Pursuant
  to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it
  meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf
  by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in Herndon, Virginia, on this 5th day of May, 2015.
  Strayer Education, Inc.
  By:
  /s/ Daniel W. Jackson
  Daniel W. Jackson
  Chief Financial Officer
  POWER
  OF ATTORNEY
  Each
  person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Karl McDonnell, Daniel W. Jackson and Viet D. Dinh, and each of
  them individually, as his lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and
  his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to
  this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with
  the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, with full power and
  authority to do so and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully
  to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact
  and agents, or his or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
  Pursuant
  to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the
  capacities indicated on May 5, 2015.
  Signature
  Title
  /s/
      Karl McDonnell
  Chief
      Executive Officer and Director (Principal Executive Officer)
  Karl
      McDonnell
  /s/
      Daniel W. Jackson
  Chief
      Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer)
  Daniel
      W. Jackson
  /s/
      Thomas J. Aprahamian
  Chief
      Accounting Officer (Principal Accounting Officer)
  Thomas
                                           J. Aprahamian
  /s/
      Robert S. Silberman
  Executive
      Chairman of the Board
  Robert
      S. Silberman
  6
  Signature
  Title
  /s
  /
  Charlotte F. Beason
  Director
  Charlotte
  F. Beason
  /s/
      William E. Brock
  Director
  William
      E. Brock
  /s/
      John T. Casteen, III
  Director
  John
      T. Casteen, III
  /s/
      Robert R. Grusky
  Director
  Robert
      R. Grusky
  /s/
      Robert L. Johnson
  Director
  Robert
      L. Johnson
  /s/
      Todd A. Milano
  Director
  Todd
      A. Milano
  /
  s
  /
  G. Thomas Waite, III
  Director
  G.
      Thomas Waite, III
  /
  s
  /
  J. David Wargo
  Director
  J.
      David Wargo
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  EXHIBIT
  INDEX
  Exhibit
  Number
  Description
  5.1
  Opinion of Hogan Lovells US LLP*
  23.1
  Consent of Hogan Lovells US LLP (contained in Exhibit 5.1)*
  23.2
  Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP*
  24.1
  Power of Attorney (included with signature page to this Registration Statement)*
  99.1
  Strayer Education, Inc. 2015 Equity Compensation Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit A to the Company's definitive proxy statement filed on March 13, 2015).
  99.2
  Strayer Education, Inc. 2015 Equity Compensation Plan Form of Restricted Stock Agreement (Time Based)*
  99.3
  Strayer Education, Inc. 2015 Equity Compensation Plan Form of Restricted Stock Agreement (Performance Based)*
  99.4
  Strayer Education, Inc. 2015 Equity Compensation Plan Form of Restricted Stock Agreement for Directors*
  99.5
  Strayer Education, Inc. 2015 Equity Compensation Plan Form of Nonqualified Stock Option Agreement*
  *
  Filed
      herewith.
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