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Segment Reporting - Additional Information (Detail) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2019 Segment
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items] |
Number of reporting segments | 2
CTU [Member] |
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items] |
Students enrolled expressed as percentage of enrollment | 65.00%
CTU [Member] | Fully Online [Member] |
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items] |
Percentage of enrollment | 93.00%
AIU [Member] |
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items] |
Students enrolled expressed as percentage of enrollment | 35.00%
AIU [Member] | Fully Online [Member] |
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items] |
Percentage of enrollment | 94.00%

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- Definition Percentage of enrollment. + References No definition available. + Details
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Namespace Prefix: | ceco_
Data Type: | num:percentItemType
Balance Type: | na
Period Type: | instant

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- Definition The percentage of student enrollment for a specific group of the total entity. + References No definition available. + Details
Name: | ceco_PercentageOfStudentEnrollment
Namespace Prefix: | ceco_
Data Type: | num:percentItemType
Balance Type: | na
Period Type: | instant

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- Definition Number of segments reported by the entity. A reportable segment is a component of an entity for which there is an accounting requirement to report separate financial information on that component in the entity's financial statements. + References No definition available. + Details
Name: | us-gaap_NumberOfReportableSegments
Namespace Prefix: | us-gaap_
Data Type: | xbrli:integerItemType
Balance Type: | na
Period Type: | duration

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- Definition Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table. + References No definition available. + Details
Name: | us-gaap_SegmentReportingInformationLineItems
Namespace Prefix: | us-gaap_
Data Type: | xbrli:stringItemType
Balance Type: | na
Period Type: | duration

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- Details
Name: | us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis=ceco_CTUMember
Namespace Prefix: |
Data Type: | na
Balance Type: |
Period Type: |

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- Details
Name: | srt_ProductOrServiceAxis=ceco_FullyOnlineProgramMember
Namespace Prefix: |
Data Type: | na
Balance Type: |
Period Type: |

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- Details
Name: | us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis=ceco_AIUMember
Namespace Prefix: |
Data Type: | na
Balance Type: |
Period Type: |