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<ownershipDocument>

    <schemaVersion>X0306</schemaVersion>

    <documentType>4/A</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2020-09-13</periodOfReport>

    <dateOfOriginalSubmission>2020-09-15</dateOfOriginalSubmission>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0000912766</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>LAUREATE EDUCATION, INC.</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>LAUR</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001818941</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>Sinkfield Richard Harvey III</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>C/O LAUREATE EDUCATION, INC.</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>650 SOUTH EXETER STREET</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>BALTIMORE</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>MD</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>21202</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isOfficer>1</isOfficer>
            <officerTitle>Chief Legal Officer</officerTitle>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <nonDerivativeTable>
        <nonDerivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Class A Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2020-09-13</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>A</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionTimeliness></transactionTimeliness>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>2182</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>0</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>A</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>9093</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeTransaction>
    </nonDerivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Includes 2,182 restricted stock units, 727 of which will vest on December 31, 2020, 727 of which will vest on December 31, 2021 and 728 of which will vest on December 31, 2022, in each case, subject to the reporting person's continued employment through the applicable vesting date.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks>This Form 4/A is being filed to amend the Form 4 filed on September 15, 2020 to correct inadvertent errors with respect to (i) the number of restricted stock units granted to the reporting person and (ii) the amount of securities beneficially owned following the reported transaction.  In addition, footnote 1 has been amended to correct inadvertent errors with respect to the number of restricted stock units that are subject to vesting until December 31, 2020, December 31, 2021 and December 31, 2022.  This Form 4/A correctly restates such information.</remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Laura Acton, attorney-in-fact for Mr. Sinkfield</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2020-11-06</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
