Strategic Education (STRA) 10-Q 2006 Q2 Quarterly report

                                                                    EXHIBIT 32.2

          CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO RULE 13B - 14(B) OF THE SECURITIES
         EXCHANGE ACT AND 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350, AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
                 SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES - OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the Quarterly Report of Strayer Education, Inc. (the
"Company") on Form 10-Q for the period ended June 30, 2006 as filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the "Report"), I, Mark C.
Brown, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company,
certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906
of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

     (1) The Report fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a) or
15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

     (2) The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all
material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the
Company.


/s/ Mark C. Brown
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Mark C. Brown
Senior Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer

July 28, 2006