Regulation (Details)		12 Months Ended
	Jan. 08, 2017 item	Dec. 31, 2019 item Metric universityprograms
Regulation [Line Items]
Number of debt-to-earnings measures | item		2
Failed programs | item	0
Number of ineligible years		3 years
Pass Status
Regulation [Line Items]
Average of median discretionary percentage		20.00%
Fails
Regulation [Line Items]
Number of consecutive years program has to fail both metrics to become ineligible		3 years
MInimum Number of Metric to Pass | Metric		1
Number of metrics that can't be failed for consecutive years		2 years
Minimum
Regulation [Line Items]
Average of median annual earning percentage		8.00%
Average of median discretionary percentage		20.00%
Minimum | Fails
Regulation [Line Items]
Average of median discretionary percentage		30.00%
Maximum
Regulation [Line Items]
Average of median annual earning percentage		12.00%
Average of median discretionary percentage		30.00%
Capella University
Regulation [Line Items]
Number of current programs in the Zone | universityprograms		1
Strayer University
Regulation [Line Items]
Number of current programs in the Zone | universityprograms		2