LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY

Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints
each of J. Devitt Kramer and Susan E. Minahan, signing singly, the undersigned's
true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

     (1) execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's
         capacity as an officer and/or director of Education Management Corporation
         (the "Company"), Forms 3, 4, and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the
         Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder;

     (2) do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned
         which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such
         Form 3, 4, or 5, complete and execute any amendment or amendments thereto,
         and timely file such form with the United States Securities and Exchange
         Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority; and

     (3) take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the
         foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit
         to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it
         being understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact
         on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be
         in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such
         attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact's discretion.

The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and authority
to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or
proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted,
as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally
present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's substitute
of substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of
attorney and the rights and powers herein granted.  The undersigned acknowledges
that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the
request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of
the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934.

This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned
is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with respect to the undersigned's
holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier
revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing
attorneys-in-fact.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed
as of this 18th day of April 2013.


By:  /s/ Joan Walker
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     Joan Walker, Individually