Strayer Education, Inc. (STRA) delivered a record third quarter. Earnings per share of $1.21 topped the year-prior 83 cents and outpaced the Zacks Consensus Estimate by 4%. Revenues totaled $114.4 million, a 31% increase year-over-year. Fall enrollments jumped 22%.

"We are pleased with our solid financial results for the third quarter and our strong student enrollment for the fall term," said Robert S. Silberman, Chairman and CEO of Strayer Education, Inc. "We look forward to opening 13 new campuses in 2010. For the 2010 winter term, we will add three new Strayer markets with new campuses in New Brunswick and Lawrenceville, New Jersey and Little Rock, Arkansas."

Bullish Forecasts

Strayer said based on the strong enrollment numbers and the planned investments in opening new campuses, it sees fourth-quarter earnings ranging between $2.28 to $2.30 per share. For 2009, the company is expecting earnings

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Strayer Education, Inc. (STRA) delivered robust fourth-quarter and year-end results in mid-February. The company's fourth-quarter earnings and revenues climbed 28% each on a year-over-year basis.

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Strayer Education, an education services holding company, owns Strayer University and certain other assets. The company's mission is to make higher education achievable and convenient for working adults in today's economy.

Strayer offers undergraduate and graduate degree programs in business administration, accounting, information technology, education, health care, and public administration to more than 44,000 working adult students at 60 campuses in 12 states, Washington, D.C. and worldwide via the Internet.

Founded in 1892, Strayer University is accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education.

Higher Estimates

The company has seen analysts boost forecasts. Analyst estimates for 2009 are at $6.99 per share, up from $6.95 over the past 60 days. For 2010, projections have been steady over the past 3 months

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