EXHIBIT 5

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

August 9, 1999


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 250,000 shares of the Company's common stock, $0.01 par value
(the "Shares"), pursuant to the  Company's  1999  Outside  Directors  Stock
Option Plan (the "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 Shares have been
duly  authorized and, when the Registration  Statement  shall  have  become
effective  and the Shares have been issued in accordance with the Plan, the
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