Education Realty Trust 10-Q 2007 Q3 Quarterly report

EXHIBIT 32.2

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
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 Education Realty Trust, Inc. (the “Company”) on Form 10-Q for the period ended September 30, 2007, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, Randall H. Brown, Chief Financial Officer of the Company certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 1350, as adopted pursuant to § 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

(3)	The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and
(4)	The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

Dated this 7th day of November, 2007.

/s/ Randall H. Brown    

Randall H. Brown  

Chief Financial Officer, Executive Vice
President, Treasurer and Secretary    

     In accordance with SEC Release No. 34-47986, this Exhibit is furnished to the SEC as an
accompanying document and is not deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that Section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference into any filing under the Securities Act of 1933.