**Exhibit
		31.1**




**CERTIFICATIONS**




I,
		Robert S. Silberman, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Strayer Education,
		Inc. (the registrant), certify that:




1.

			 I have
				  reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of the registrant;




2.

			 Based on
				  my knowledge, this quarterly report does not contain any untrue statement of a
				  material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements
				  made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not
				  misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;




3.

			 Based on
				  my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information
				  included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial
				  condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and
				  for, the periods presented in this report;




4.

			 The
				  registrants other certifying officer and I are responsible for
				  establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in
				  Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial
				  reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the
				  registrant and have:




(a)

			 Designed
				  such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and
				  procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material
				  information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated
				  subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly
				  during the period in which this report is being prepared;




(b)

			 Designed
				  such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control
				  over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide
				  reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the
				  preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with
				  generally accepted accounting principles;




(c)

			 Evaluated
				  the effectiveness of the registrants disclosure controls and procedures
				  and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the
				  disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this
				  report based on such evaluation; and




(d)

			 Disclosed
				  in this report any change in the registrants internal control over
				  financial reporting that occurred during the registrants most recent
				  fiscal quarter (the registrants fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an
				  annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to
				  materially affect, the registrants internal control over financial
				  reporting; and




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5.

			 The
				  registrants other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our
				  most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the
				  registrants auditors and the audit committee of the registrants
				  board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent
				  functions):




(a)

			 All
				  significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of
				  internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to
				  adversely affect the registrants ability to record, process, summarize
				  and report financial information; and





(b)

			 Any
				  fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employeeswho have
				  a significant role in the registrants internal control over financial
				  reporting.




Date:
		May 4, 2007


/s/
				  Robert S. SilbermanRobert S. Silberman
				Chairman and Chief ExecutiveOfficer






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