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Valuation and Qualifying Accounts | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2012
Valuation and Qualifying Accounts [Abstract] |
Valuation and Qualifying Accounts | STRAYER EDUCATION, INC. Schedule II – Valuation and Qualifying Accounts (in thousands)
Description |  | Balance beginning of period |  |  | Additions charged to expense |  |  | Deductions |  |  | Balance end of period |  |  | Bad debt expense as a % of revenue |
Deduction from asset account: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Allowance for doubtful accounts: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Year ended December 31, 2012 |  | $ | 7,279 |  |  | $ | 23,728 |  |  | $ | (24,411 | ) |  | $ | 6,596 |  |  |  | 4.2 | %
Year ended December 31, 2011 |  | $ | 7,935 |  |  | $ | 24,877 |  |  | $ | (25,533 | ) |  | $ | 7,279 |  |  |  | 4.0 | %
Year ended December 31, 2010 |  | $ | 6,175 |  |  | $ | 24,216 |  |  | $ | (22,456 | ) |  | $ | 7,935 |  |  |  | 3.8 | %

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- Definition The entire disclosure for any allowance and reserve accounts (their beginning and ending balances, as well as a reconciliation by type of activity during the period). Alternatively, disclosure of the required information may be within the footnotes to the financial statements or a supplemental schedule to the financial statements. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher SEC -Name Regulation S-X (SX) -Number 210 -Section 09 -Article 12 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 235 -SubTopic 10 -Section S99 -Paragraph 4 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6881521&loc=d3e24092-122690 + Details
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