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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001193125-19-092127
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	CORRESP
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
FILED AS OF DATE:		20190329

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	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			CAREER EDUCATION CORP
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001046568
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	SERVICES-EDUCATIONAL SERVICES [8200]
		IRS NUMBER:				363932190
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		CORRESP

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		231 N. MARTINGALE ROAD
		CITY:			SCHAUMBURG
		STATE:			IL
		ZIP:			60173
		BUSINESS PHONE:		8477813600

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		231 N. MARTINGALE ROAD
		CITY:			SCHAUMBURG
		STATE:			IL
		ZIP:			60173
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><U>VIA EDGAR </U></B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Mr.&nbsp;Robert Shapiro </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Senior Staff Accountant </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Division of Corporation Finance </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Securities and Exchange Commission </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">100 F. Street, N.E. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Washington, D.C. 20549 </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left"><B>Career Education Corporation </B></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left"><B>Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-K</FONT> for the Year Ended December&nbsp;31, 2018
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left"><B>Filed February&nbsp;20, 2019 </B></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left"><B>File <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;000-23245</FONT> </B></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Dear Mr.&nbsp;Shapiro: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We enclose for your
review the responses of Career Education Corporation (the &#147;Company&#148;) to comments 1 and 2 contained in the Staff&#146;s letter to the Company dated March&nbsp;18, 2019 (the &#147;Letter&#148;). For convenience of reference, the Staff&#146;s
comments precede each response. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><U><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Form&nbsp;10-K</FONT> for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2018 </U></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><U>Management&#146;s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations </U></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><U>2019 Outlook, page&nbsp;48 </U></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">1. We note your presentation
of <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-GAAP</FONT> diluted adjustments to calculate the <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-GAAP</FONT> measure, Adjusted Earnings per Diluted Share, on a prospective (2019)&nbsp;and historical (2018) basis.
However, adding back adjustments net of tax is inconsistent with Question 102.11 in the updated Compliance and Disclosure Interpretations (April 4, 2018). Please revise your presentation accordingly. Further comply with this comment in your non-GAAP
presentations in Item 2.02 of your Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K.</FONT> </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We respectfully acknowledge the Staff&#146;s comment and reference to Question 102.11 in the updated Compliance and Disclosure Interpretations.
In future filings the Company will revise its presentation related to adjustments added back for purposes of the Adjusted Earnings per Diluted Share <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-GAAP</FONT> measure. The Company will present the adjustments
on a gross basis and the related income tax adjustment separately. The Company will also adjust its presentation to be consistent with this in its future Item 2.02 Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K</FONT> filings. Please see below for an
example of a revised presentation of Adjusted Earnings per Diluted Share utilizing reported numbers for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2018. We intend to use a comparable presentation in future filings. </P>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Significant legal settlements <SUP STYLE="font-size:85%; vertical-align:top">(3)</SUP></P></TD>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">Unused space charges include initial charges representing the net present value of remaining lease obligations
for vacated space less an estimated amount for sublease income. Subsequently, as early lease terminations or subleases occur, or as assumptions are otherwise adjusted, these unused space charges are increased or decreased. These subsequent
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">The tax effect of adjustments was calculated by multiplying the pre-tax adjustments with a tax rate of 25%.
This tax rate reflects federal and state taxable jurisdictions as well as the nature of the adjustments. Also, $5.0 million of pre-tax adjustments related to significant legal settlements were not deductible for tax purposes and therefore do not
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><U>Year Ended December&nbsp;31, 2018 as Compared to the Year December&nbsp;31, 2017 </U></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><U>General and Administrative Expense, page&nbsp;50 </U></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">2. We
note you reference to &#147;significant legal settlements&#148; in your MD&amp;A discussion and its impact on your adjusted operating income and quarterly financial results in Note 19. In future filings, please provide a more transparent discussion,
in quantified detail, of the impact of significant legal settlements and related circumstances on your results of operations and liquidity for all periods presented. </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We respectfully acknowledge the Staff&#146;s comment and in future filings the Company will expand its discussion of
significant legal settlements to provide additional quantified detail regarding the impact on its results of operations and liquidity for all periods presented. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">*&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;*&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;*&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;* </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Please call me at (847) <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">585-3782</FONT> if you have any questions regarding the above responses. In addition,
please direct any future email transmissions concerning the Letter to the following email address: <U>aghia@careered.com.</U> </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Very truly yours, </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><U>/s/ Ashish R Ghia </U></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Ashish R. Ghia </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">Todd S. Nelson </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">Jeffrey D. Ayers </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">Michele A. Peppers </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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