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Organization	6 Months Ended
Organization	Jun. 30, 2022
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]
Organization	Organization 2U, Inc. (together with its subsidiaries, the “Company”) is an online education platform company. The Company’s mission is to expand access to high-quality educational opportunities that unlock human potential. On November 16, 2021, the Company completed the acquisition of edX (the “edX Acquisition”), including the edX brand, website, and marketplace. As a result of the edX Acquisition, the Company expanded its digital education offerings to include open courses and micro-credential offerings at the undergraduate and graduate levels and added an education consumer marketplace, edx.org, with over 45 million registered learners. Refer to Note 3 for further information about the edX Acquisition. The Company serves more than 230 top-ranked global universities and other leading institutions, and offers more than 4,000 high-quality online learning opportunities, including open courses, executive education offerings, boot camps, micro-credentials, professional certificates as well as undergraduate and graduate degree programs. edX is the primary brand for the Company’s products and services and edx.org operates as its global online learning marketplace. The Company is positioned as one of the world’s most comprehensive free-to-degree online learning platforms. The Company believes its platform and robust consumer marketplace provide clients with the digital infrastructure to launch world-class online education offerings and allow students to easily access high-quality, job-relevant education offerings without the barriers of cost or location. The Company has two reportable segments: the Degree Program Segment and the Alternative Credential Segment. The Company’s Degree Program Segment provides the technology and services to nonprofit colleges and universities to enable the online delivery of degree programs. Students enrolled in these programs are generally seeking an undergraduate or graduate degree of the same quality they would receive on campus. The Company’s Alternative Credential Segment provides online executive education programs and technical, skills-based boot camps through relationships with nonprofit colleges and universities. Students enrolled in these offerings are generally seeking to reskill or upskill through shorter duration, lower-priced offerings that are relevant to the needs of industry and society.