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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person * Berckemeyer Ricardo M.   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol LAUREATE EDUCATION, INC. [LAUR] 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) _____ Director _____ 10% Owner __X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) President & COO (Last) (First) (Middle) 650 S. EXETER STREET, 12TH FLOOR 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 06/17/2018 (Street) BALTIMORE, MD 21202 4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year) 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line) _X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person ___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person (City) (State) (Zip) Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 3) 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price Class A Common Stock 06/17/2018   C   16,231 A $ 0 75,626 D

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
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1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4, and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
				Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares
Performance Share Units	(1)	06/17/2018		M			8,642	(2)	(2)	Class B Common Stock	8,642	$ 0	0	D
Class B Common Stock	(3)	06/17/2018		M		8,642		(2)	(2)	Class A Common Stock	8,642	$ 0	8,642	D
Restricted Stock Units	(4)	06/17/2018		M			21,607	06/17/2018	(4)	Class B Common Stock	21,607	$ 0	0	D
Class B Common Stock	(3)	06/17/2018		M		21,607		(4)	(4)	Class A Common Stock	21,607	$ 0	30,249	D
Class B Common Stock	(3)	06/17/2018		F			14,018	(5)	(5)	Class A Common Stock	14,018	$ 0	16,231	D
Class B Common Stock	(3)	06/17/2018		C			16,231	(3)	(3)	Class A Common Stock	16,231	$ 0	0	D

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
Berckemeyer Ricardo M. 650 S. EXETER STREET, 12TH FLOOR BALTIMORE, MD 21202			President & COO

Signatures

/s/ Sean P. Mulcahy, Attorney-in-Fact		06/19/2018
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	Each Performance Share Unit ("PSU") represents the right to receive one share of Class B Common Stock of the Company.
(2)	As previously reported in footnote 6 on the Form 3 filed by the reporting person with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on January 31, 2017, these PSUs were to vest upon the achievement by the Company of the applicable financial metrics, subject to the reporting person's continued employment with the Company, through June 17, 2018.
(3)	Each share of Class B Common Stock of Laureate Education, Inc. (the "Company") is convertible into one share of Class A Common Stock of the Company upon the election of the holder or upon transfer, subject to the terms of the Company's Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation.
(4)	As previously reported at footnote 7 of the reporting person's Form 3, each Restricted Stock Unit ("RSU") represents the right to receive one share of the Class B Common Stock of the Company and was issuable as shares of Class B Common Stock provided the reporting person remained employed through June 17, 2018.
(5)	On the trading day immediately prior to June 17, 2018, the closing price of one share of the Company's Class A Common Stock traded on the NASDAQ Stock Exchange was $14.63. On June 18, 2018, 14,018 shares of the Company's Class B Common Stock otherwise issueable upon the vesting of the RSUs and PSUs reported herein were forfeited to pay the applicable withholding taxes due in connection with these vestings.

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