INTANGIBLE ASSETS (Summary of Goodwill Balances by Reporting Unit) (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Dec. 31, 2016	Jun. 30, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015
Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Goodwill	$ 854,838	$ 588,007	$ 542,994
AUC [Member]
Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Goodwill	68,321	68,321	68,321
RUSM and RUSVM [Member]
Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Goodwill	237,173	237,173	237,173
Chamberlain [Member]
Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Goodwill	4,716	4,716	4,716
Carrington [Member]
Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Goodwill	0	0	5,811
DeVry Brasil [Member]
Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Goodwill	216,050	223,558	172,274
Becker [Member]
Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Goodwill	306,382	32,043	32,503
DeVry University [Member]
Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Goodwill	$ 22,196	$ 22,196	$ 22,196