EXHIBIT 5
                                BAKER & DANIELS

   300 NORTH MERIDIAN STREET, SUITE 2700 . INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA 46204-1782
                      (317) 237-0300 . FAX (317) 237-1000


                                                              December 18, 1998


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

Gentlemen:

     We have examined the corporate records and proceedings of ITT Educational
Services, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), with respect to the
legal sufficiency of all corporate proceedings of the Company taken in
connection with the authorization, issuance, form, validity and non-
assessability of all of the presently issued and outstanding shares of common
stock, $0.01 par value, of the Company (the "Common Stock") to be offered for
sale by ITT Corporation, a Nevada corporation (the "Selling Stockholder")
(including the shares to cover an over-allotment option) under the Company's
Registration Statement on Form S-3 (the "Registration Statement"), in connection
with which this opinion is given.

     Based on such examination, we are of the opinion that all of the shares of
Common Stock being offered by the Selling Stockholder (including the shares to
cover an over-allotment option) are validly authorized, legally issued, and
fully paid and non-assessable.

     We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as Exhibit 5 to the
Registration Statement and to the references to us in the Prospectus which is a
part of the Registration Statement. In giving this consent, we do not admit that
we come within the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7
of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or rules and regulations of the
Securities and Exchange Commission promulgated thereunder.


                                            Yours very truly,



                                            BAKER & DANIELS