**Exhibit 23.01**

**Consent of Independent Registered PublicAccounting Firm**

We consent to theincorporation by reference in the following Registration Statements of ourreports dated March 1, 2007, with respect to the consolidated financial statementsand schedule of Laureate Education, Inc., Laureate Education Inc. management’sassessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting,and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting of LaureateEducation, Inc., included in this Annual Report (Form 10-K) for the year endedDecember 31, 2006.

**RegistrationStatements on Form S-3:**

| Registration Number | ** ** | ** **         | ** ** | **Date Filed** | ** ** | ** ** |
|---------------------|------------|--------------------|------------|----------------|------------|------------|
|                |       |               |
| 33-92014            |       | May 8, 1995        |
| 33-92852            |       | May 30, 1995       |
| 333-1674            |       | February 26, 1996  |
| 333-16111           |       | November 14, 1996  |
| 333-21261           |       | February 6, 1997   |
| 333-26633           |       | May 7, 1997        |
| 333-31273           |       | July 15, 1997      |
| 333-39535           |       | November 5, 1997   |
| 333-43355           |       | December 29, 1997  |
| 333-46747           |       | February 23, 1998  |
| 333-48997           |       | March 31, 1998     |
| 333-50993           |       | April 24, 1998     |
| 333-61083           |       | August 25, 1998    |
| 333-65197           |       | October 1, 1998    |
| 333-67727           |       | December 4, 1998   |
| 333-78961           |       | May 20, 1999       |
| 333-82992           |       | February 19, 2002  |
| 333-11910           |       | September 17, 2004 |

 

**RegistrationStatements on Form S-8:**
| Name                                                                                                                 | ** ** | ** ** | ** ** | **Registration Number** | ** ** | ** ** | ** ** | **Date Filed** | ** ** | ** ** |
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------|------------|------------|-------------------------|------------|------------|------------|----------------|------------|------------|
|                                                                                                                 |       |       |       |                    |
| 1987-1991 Employee  Stock Option Plan                                                                                |       | 33-77384   |       | April 6, 1994           |
| 1993 Director Stock  Option Plan                                                                                     |       | 33-77386   |       | April 6, 1994           |
| 1993 Employee Stock  Option Plan                                                                                     |       | 33-77390   |       | April 6, 1994           |
| 1993 Management Stock  Option Plan                                                                                   |       | 33-77388   |       | April 6, 1994           |
| 1997 Employee Stock  Purchase Plan                                                                                   |       | 333-21963  |       | February 18, 1997       |
| 1998 Stock Incentive  Plan                                                                                           |       | 333-62011  |       | August 21, 1998         |
| 1993 Employee Stock  Option Plan and Employee Stock Purchase Plan                                                    |       | 33-77390   |       | September 14, 1998      |
| 2005 Stock Incentive  Plan, 2003 Stock Incentive Plan, and 1998 Stock Incentive Plan                                 |       | 333-127887 |       | August 26, 2005         |
| 2005 Stock Incentive Plan, 401(k) Retirement Savings  Plan, Nonqualified Stock Option Agreement with Rosemarie Mecca |       | 333-137804 |       | October 4, 2006         |

 

 
|  |   | /s/ Ernst & Young LLP |
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Baltimore,MarylandMarch 1, 2007

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