Exhibit 24.1

                               POWER OF ATTORNEY
                  (For Executing Form ID and Forms 3, 4 and 5)

    Know  all  by  these  presents,  that the undersigned hereby constitutes and
appoints  each  of Matthew J. Norden of 2U, Inc. (the "Company"), Joseph A. Roy,
Bryant  H. Park, Andrea L. Nicolas, Steven J. Daniels and Faiz Ahmad of Skadden,
Arps,   Slate,   Meagher  and  Flom  LLP,  the  undersigned's  true  and  lawful
attorneys-in-fact and agents to:

    (1)  Prepare,  execute  in  the  undersigned's name and on the undersigned's
behalf,  and submit to the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") a Form
ID,  Uniform Application for Access Codes to File on EDGAR, including amendments
thereto,  and  any  other documents necessary or appropriate to obtain codes and
passwords  enabling  the  undersigned to make electronic filings with the SEC of
reports  required  by  Section  16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended (the "Exchange Act"), or any rule or regulation thereunder;

    (2)  Prepare,  execute  in  the  undersigned's name and on the undersigned's
behalf, and submit to the SEC Forms 3, 4 and 5 (including amendments thereto and
joint  filing  agreements  in  connection  therewith) in accordance with Section
16(a) of the Exchange Act and the rules thereunder in the undersigned's capacity
as  an  officer,  director  or beneficial owner of more than 10% of a registered
class of securities of the Company;

    (3)  Do  and  perform  any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned
that  may be necessary or desirable to prepare and execute any such Form 3, 4 or
5  (including  amendments  thereto  and  joint  filing  agreements in connection
therewith)   and   file  such  forms  with  the  SEC  and  any  stock  exchange,
self-regulatory association or any similar authority; and

    (4)  Take  any  other  action  of any type whatsoever in connection with the
foregoing  that,  in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to,
in  the  best  interest  of,  or  legally  required of the undersigned, it being
understood  that the documents executed by the attorney-in-fact on behalf of the
undersigned  pursuant  to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall
contain  such  terms  and  conditions as the attorney-in-fact may approve in the
attorney-in-fact's discretion.

    The  undersigned  hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and
authority  to  do  and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite,
necessary,  or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers
herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or
could  do  if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation,
hereby  ratifying  and  confirming  all  that  such  attorney-in-fact,  or  such
attorney-in-fact's  substitute  or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be
done  by  virtue  of  this  power  of  attorney and the rights and powers herein
granted.  The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, and
their   substitutes,  in  serving  in  such  capacity  at  the  request  of  the
undersigned,  are  not  assuming  (nor  is  the  Company  assuming)  any  of the
undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Exchange Act.

    This  Power  of  Attorney  shall  remain  in full force and effect until the
earliest  to occur of (a) the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3,
4  and  5  with  respect  to  the  undersigned's holdings of and transactions in
securities  issued by the Company, (b) revocation by the undersigned in a signed
writing  delivered  to the Company and the foregoing attorneys-in-fact or (c) as
to  any  attorney-in-fact individually, until such attorney-in-fact is no longer
employed  by  the  Company  or  Skadden,  Arps,  Slate, Meagher and Flom LLP, as
applicable.

    IN  WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be
executed as of the date written below.

Date: December 11, 2017


                                       By: /s/ Valerie B. Jarrett
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                                               VALERIE B. JARRETT