EXHIBIT 5

                          BAKER & DANIELS
                     300 NORTH MERIDIAN STREET
                            SUITE 2700
                   INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA  46204
                          (317) 237-0300




October 28, 1997


ITT Educational Services, Inc.
5975 Castle Creek Parkway, N. Drive
Indianapolis, Indiana           46250-0466

    Re: Registration Statement on Form S-8

Ladies and Gentlemen:

    We have acted as counsel to ITT Educational Services, Inc., a Delaware
corporation (the "Company"), in connection with the preparation and filing
with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") of the
Company's Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the "Registration Statement")
under the Securities Act of 1933 (the "Act"), registering the offer and
sale of up to 684,935 shares (the "Incentive Shares") of the Company's
common stock, $0.01 par value (the "Common Stock"), pursuant to the 1997
ITT Educational Services, Inc. Incentive Stock Plan (the "Incentive Plan").

    In so acting, we have examined and relied upon the originals, or copies
certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction, of such records,
documents and other instruments as in our judgment are necessary or
appropriate to enable us to render the opinion expressed below.

    Based on the foregoing, we are of the opinion that the Incentive Shares
have been duly authorized and, when the Registration Statement shall have
become effective and the Incentive Shares have been issued in accordance
with the Incentive Plan, the Incentive Shares will be validly issued, fully
paid and non-assessable.

    Our opinion expressed above is limited to the federal law of the United
States and the law of the State of Delaware.


    We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the
Registration Statement.  In giving such consent, we do not thereby concede
that we are within the category of persons whose consent is required under
Section 7 of the Act or the Rules and Regulations of the Commission
thereunder.

                                 Very truly yours,

                                 /s/ BAKER & DANIELS