Exhibit31.2

CERTIFICATIONS

I, Mark C. Brown,Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Strayer Education,Inc. (the ‘‘registrant’’), certifythat:

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| 1.  | I have reviewed this annual report on Form10-K of the registrant; |

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| 2.  | Based on my knowledge,this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact oromit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, inlight of the circumstances under which such statements were made, notmisleading with respect to the period covered by this report; |

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| 3.  | Based on my knowledge, the financial statements,and other financial information included in this report, fairly presentin all material respects the financial condition, results of operationsand cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presentedin this report; |

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| 4.  | The registrant’s othercertifying officer and I are responsible for establishing andmaintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in ExchangeAct Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financialreporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f))for the registrant andhave: |

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|  | (a)  | Designed such disclosurecontrols and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls andprocedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure thatmaterial information relating to the registrant, including itsconsolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within thoseentities, particularly during the period in which this report is beingprepared; |

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|  | (b)   | Designed such internalcontrol over financial reporting, or caused such internal control overfinancial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to providereasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reportingand the preparation of financial statements for external purposes inaccordance with generally accepted accountingprinciples; |

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|  | (c)  | Evaluated theeffectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls andprocedures and presented in this report our conclusions about theeffectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the endof the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and |

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|  | (d)  | Disclosed in this report any changein the registrant’s internal control over financial reportingthat occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter(the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annualreport) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely tomaterially affect, the registrant’s internal control overfinancial reporting; and |

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| 5.  | The registrant’sother certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recentevaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to theregistrant’s auditors and the audit committee of theregistrant’s board of directors (or persons performing theequivalent functions): |

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|  | (a)  | Allsignificant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design oroperation of internal control over financial reporting which arereasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s abilityto record, process, summarize and report financial information;and |

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|  | (b)   | Any fraud, whether or notmaterial, that involves management or other employees who have asignificant role in the registrant’s internal control overfinancial reporting. |

Date:    February 27,2007

|  | /s/ Mark C.Brown                    Mark C. BrownSeniorVice President and Chief FinancialOfficer |
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