<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001127602-17-026770.txt : 20170831
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<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20170831170128
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001127602-17-026770
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20170830
FILED AS OF DATE:		20170831
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20170831

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Berckemeyer Ricardo M.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001696046

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-38002
		FILM NUMBER:		171063871

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		9 ARDSLEY WAY
		CITY:			SIMSBURY
		STATE:			CT
		ZIP:			06070

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			LAUREATE EDUCATION, INC.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000912766
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	SERVICES-EDUCATIONAL SERVICES [8200]
		IRS NUMBER:				521492296
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		650 S. EXETER STREET
		CITY:			BALTIMORE
		STATE:			MD
		ZIP:			21202
		BUSINESS PHONE:		4108436100

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		650 S. EXETER STREET
		CITY:			BALTIMORE
		STATE:			MD
		ZIP:			21202

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	SYLVAN LEARNING SYSTEMS INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19930929
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    <documentType>4</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2017-08-30</periodOfReport>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0000912766</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>LAUREATE EDUCATION, INC.</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>LAUR</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001696046</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>Berckemeyer Ricardo M.</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>650 S. EXETER STREET, 12TH FLOOR</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>BALTIMORE</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>MD</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>21202</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isOfficer>1</isOfficer>
            <officerTitle>Chief Operating Officer</officerTitle>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <nonDerivativeTable>
        <nonDerivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Class A Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2017-08-30</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>S</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
                <footnoteId id="F1"/>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionTimeliness></transactionTimeliness>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>47983</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>14.29</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F2"/>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>D</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>0</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeTransaction>
    </nonDerivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">The sales reported in this Form 4 were effected pursuant to a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan adopted by the reporting person on June 12, 2017.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">The price reported in Column 4 is a weighted average price. These shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $14.08 to $14.41 (inclusive), per share. The reporting person undertakes to provide to Laureate Education, Inc. (the &quot;Company&quot;), any security holder of the Company, or the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission, upon request, full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price within the range set forth in this footnote.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Sean P. Mulcahy, Attorney-in-Fact</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2017-08-31</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
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