FORM 3

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *   StepStone Group Holdings LLC 2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year) 01/31/2017 3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol LAUREATE EDUCATION, INC. [LAUR] (Last) (First) (Middle) 4275 EXECUTIVE SQUARE, SUITE 500 4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) _____ Director __X__ 10% Owner _____ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) 5. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year) (Street) SAN DIEGO, CA 92037 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line) ___ Form filed by One Reporting Person _X_ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person (City) (State) (Zip) Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 4) 2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4) 3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)

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Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)		4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares
Class B Common Stock	  (1)	  (1)	Class A Common Stock	3,999,536	$ (1)	I (2)	See footnote (2) (3)

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
StepStone Group Holdings LLC 4275 EXECUTIVE SQUARE, SUITE 500 SAN DIEGO, CA 92037	Â	  X	Â	Â
StepStone Group LP 4275 EXECUTIVE SQUARE, SUITE 500 SAN DIEGO, CA 92037	Â	  X	Â	Â
StepStone Co-Investment Funds GP, LLC 4275 EXECUTIVE SQUARE, SUITE 500 SAN DIEGO, CA 92037	Â	  X	Â	Â
2007 Co-Investment Portfolio, L.P. 4275 EXECUTIVE SQUARE, SUITE 500 SAN DIEGO, CA 92037	Â	  X	Â	Â
STEPSTONE CAPITAL PARTNERS II ONSHORE L P 4275 EXECUTIVE SQUARE, SUITE 500 SAN DIEGO, CA 92037	Â	  X	Â	Â
StepStone Capital Partners II Cayman Holdings, L.P. 4275 EXECUTIVE SQUARE, SUITE 500 SAN DIEGO, CA 92037	Â	  X	Â	Â

Signatures

StepStone Group Holdings LLC, by its partner and general counsel, Jason Ment. /s/ Jason Ment		01/31/2017
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date
StepStone Group LP, by its general partner StepStone Group Holdings LLC, by its partner and general counsel, Jason Ment. /s/ Jason Ment		01/31/2017
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date
StepStone Co-Investment Funds GP, LLC, by its partner and general counsel, Jason Ment. /s/ Jason Ment		01/31/2017
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date
Each StepStone Fund, by its respective general partner, StepStone Co-Investment Funds GP, LLC, by its partner and general counsel, Jason Ment. /s/ Jason Ment		01/31/2017
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	Each share of Class B Common Stock ("Class B Common Stock") of Laureate Education, Inc. (the "Issuer") is convertible into one share of Class A Common Stock of the Issuer ("Class A Common Stock") upon the election of the holder or upon transfer, subject to the terms of the Issuer's Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation.
(2)	Shares of Class B Common Stock are held directly by Wengen Alberta, Limited Partnership ("Wengen"). Wengen Investments Limited ("Wengen GP") is the general partner of Wengen. Certain investors, including, but not limited to, certain investment funds and other persons affiliated with or managed by Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. L.P., Cohen Private Ventures, LLC, Bregal Investments, Inc., StepStone Group LP ("StepStone LP"), Sterling Fund Management, LLC and Snow Phipps Group, LLC (collectively, the "Wengen Investors") have interests in the Issuer through Wengen. The Reporting Persons and certain of the other Wengen Investors have designated representatives who serve as the members of the board of directors of Wengen GP.
(3)	2007 Co-Investment Portfolio L.P. ("2007 Co-Invest"), StepStone Capital Partners II Onshore, L.P. ("Onshore") and StepStone Capital Partners II Cayman Holding, L.P. (collectively with 2007 Co-Invest and Onshore, the "StepStone Funds") may be deemed to indirectly beneficially own shares of Class B Common Stock owned by Wengen by virtue of the limited partnership interests they hold in Wengen. StepStone Group Holdings LLC is the general partner of StepStone LP, which is the sole member of StepStone Co-Investment Funds GP, LLC ("StepStone GP" and, collectively with the StepStone Funds and StepStone LP, the "Reporting Persons"), which is the sole general partner of each of the StepStone Funds. None of the Reporting Persons directly own shares of the Issuer.
  Remarks: This filing shall not be deemed an admission that the Reporting Persons are subject to Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.  Except as set forth herein, the reporting persons disclaim beneficial ownership of all securities other than those reported herein, and this report shall not be deemed an admission that any group exists or that the reporting persons are the beneficial owner of the securities of any group for purposes of Section 16 or any other purpose.

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