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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001213900-16-018042
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	3
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20161025
FILED AS OF DATE:		20161107
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20161107

ISSUER:		

	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

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		2303 DULLES STATION BOULEVARD
		CITY:			HERNDON
		STATE:			VA
		ZIP:			20171
		BUSINESS PHONE:		703-561-1600

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		2303 DULLES STATION BOULEVARD
		CITY:			HERNDON
		STATE:			VA
		ZIP:			20171

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Fick Nathaniel C.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001689163

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		3
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-21039
		FILM NUMBER:		161978652

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		C/O STRAYER EDUCATION
		STREET 2:		2303 DULLES STATION BLVD.
		CITY:			HERNDON
		STATE:			VA
		ZIP:			20171
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24.1&nbsp;</B></FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="letter-spacing: -0.15pt">POWER
OF ATTORNEY </FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="letter-spacing: -0.15pt">FOR</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="letter-spacing: -0.15pt">SECTION
16 REGULATORY COMPLIANCE</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="letter-spacing: -0.15pt">Know
all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints Daniel W. Jackson, Thomas J. Aprahamian, and Viet D.
Dinh, separately and each acting in his own right, the true and lawful attorney-in-fact of the undersigned to:</FONT></P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="letter-spacing: -0.15pt">(1)</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="letter-spacing: -0.15pt">execute for and on behalf of the undersigned Forms 3, 4 and
5, and any amendments thereof, in order to comply with the requirements of Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
and the rules thereunder;</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="letter-spacing: -0.15pt">&nbsp;</FONT></P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="letter-spacing: -0.15pt">(2)</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="letter-spacing: -0.15pt">do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the
undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete the execution of any such Form 3, 4 or 5, and any amendments thereof,
and the timely filing of such form with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any other stock exchange or applicable
regulatory authority; and</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="letter-spacing: -0.15pt">(3)</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="letter-spacing: -0.15pt">take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection
with the foregoing Section 16 regulatory compliance which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the
best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact
on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such customary form and shall contain such customary
terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in his discretion.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="letter-spacing: -0.15pt">The
undersigned hereby grants to such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform all and every act and thing whatsoever
requisite, necessary and proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents
and purposes as such person might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying
and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or his substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue
of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein granted. The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorney-in-fact,
in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, is not assuming any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply
with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="letter-spacing: -0.15pt">IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of this  7th day of November,
2016.</FONT></P>

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