EXHIBIT 23.5

            CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS


We consent to the reference to our firm under the caption "Experts" in the
Registration Statement (Form S-4, No. 333-00000) and related Prospectus/Proxy of
Career Education Corporation and Whitman Education Group, Inc. and to the
incorporation by reference therein of our report dated May 29, 2002, with
respect to the consolidated financial statements of Whitman Education Group,
Inc. included in its Annual Report (Form 10-K) for the year ended March 31,
2002, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

                                 /s/ Ernst & Young LLP

Miami, Florida
April 25, 2003