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	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			STRAYER EDUCATION INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001013934
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	SERVICES-EDUCATIONAL SERVICES [8200]
		IRS NUMBER:				521975978
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			MD
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

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	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1100 WILSON BLVD., SUITE 2500
		CITY:			ARLINGTON
		STATE:			VA
		ZIP:			22209
		BUSINESS PHONE:		703-247-2500

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		STREET 1:		1100 WILSON BLVD., SUITE 2500
		CITY:			ARLINGTON
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                     [letterhead of Strayer Education, Inc.]



VIA EDGAR
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January 5, 2009


Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Judiciary Plaza
Washington, DC  20549
Attn:  Larry Spirgel
       Assistant Director

     Re:  Strayer Education, Inc. ("Strayer")
          Form 10-K for the Fiscal Year ended December 31, 2007
          Filed February 14, 2008 (the "2007 Form 10-K")
          File No. 0-21039


Dear Mr. Spirgel:

     I am submitting this letter as requested by Mr. John Harrington of the
staff (the "Staff") of the Securities and Exchange Commission in response to
your letter dated November 25, 2008 to Robert S. Silberman, Strayer's Chairman
of the Board and Chief Executive Officer. The comments of the Staff contained in
your letter were separately responded to on our behalf by our counsel on
December 23, 2008.

     Pursuant to your letter, on behalf of Strayer, I hereby acknowledge that:

     o    Strayer is responsible for the adequacy and accuracy of the disclosure
          in its 2007 Form 10-K;

     o    Staff comments or changes to disclosure in response to Staff comments
          do not foreclose the Commission from taking any action with respect to
          Strayer's 2007 Form 10-K; and

     o    Strayer may not assert Staff comments as a defense in any proceeding
          initiated by the Commission or any person under the Federal securities
          laws of the United States.


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Securities and Exchange Commission
January 5, 2009
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     Should any member of the Staff have any questions or comments concerning
this letter, please do not hesitate to call me at (703) 247-2500.

Very truly yours,

/s/ Mark C. Brown

Mark C. Brown
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

cc:  John Harrington
     Paul Fischer
     Robert S. Silberman
     Gregory Ferenbach
     Jeffrey S. Hochman

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