SectorIntegrated Consumer Services
Established Date--
Listing Date01/02/2017
ExchangeNASDAQ Stock Exchange
Full-time Employees33900
Fiscal Year Ends31/12
Security TypeCommon stock
Office addressPMB 1158, 1000 Brickell Avenue, Suite 715, Miami, Florida 33131
BusinessOperates degree-granting higher education institutions.
IntroductionLaureate Education, Inc., was founded in 1989. The company operates a series of degree-granting higher education institutions in Mexico and Peru. These institutions, collectively known as Laureate International Universities network, are leading brands in their respective markets, offering a broad range of undergraduate and graduate degrees through on-campus, online and mixed programs. The company's facilities in Mexico and Peru operate within a large-scale national network that has advantages in sharing infrastructure, technology, curriculum and operational best practices. The company's students attend traditional, campus-based institutions that offer multi-year degrees with an average course length of four years, similar to leading private and public higher education institutions in developed markets such as the United States and Europe.