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Strategic Education, Inc.

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What Do They Do?

Provides degree and certificate programs to working adults through online and campus-based universities. Also offers employers education-benefit administration and workers access to career-relevant courses.

How Do They Make Money?

U.S. higher education is the largest business; students pay tuition for courses and programs, earned over instruction, with some cash paid before a term starts. Education Technology Services also earns administrative fees.

revenue
SegmentShareRevenue
U.S. Higher Education
Recurring

68%
FY2022: 72%
Australia / New Zealand
Recurring

20%
FY2022: 22%
Education Technology Services
Recurring

12%
FY2022: 6.0%

Who Are Their Customers?

Students enroll in online and campus-based universities for degree and certificate programs. Employers connect employees with education benefits, courses, and training through employer relationships and Workforce Edge.

Do Revenues Turn Into Profits?

Yes. It kept 10 cents of every revenue dollar as net income in FY2025 and turned 12 cents into free cash flow.

Operating income, FY2025
14% of revenue
▲ +12% vs FY2024 ($155.6M, 13%)
Net income, FY2025
10% of revenue
▲ +12% vs FY2024 ($112.7M, 9%)
Free cash flow, FY2025
12% of revenue
▲ +20% vs FY2024 ($128.8M, 11%)

How Are They Changing?

Since the FY2025 annual report
Latest quarter: Q2 FY2026, the three months to Jun 30, 2026
Revenue
▲ +5%
vs $321.5M in Q2 FY2025
Net income
▲ +15%
vs $32.3M in Q2 FY2025
U.S. Higher Education share of revenue vs 67.1% in Q2 FY2025

Growing. Revenue grew 12% in 4 years, from $1.1B in FY2021 to $1.3B in FY2025, about 3% a year.

Expanded employer-facing offerings The earlier business description centers on employer relationships for education benefits; the latest also describes benefits administration through Workforce Edge and low-cost online general education courses through Sophia Learning.

Revenue over time
U.S. Higher Education Australia / New Zealand Education Technology Services
$2B$1B$0

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