Growth Metrics

Strategic Education (STRA) Tax Rate (2016 - 2026)

Quarterly Tax Rate fell 682.0% to 22.46% in Q1 2026 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 27.03% through Mar 2026, down 267.0% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 28.63% for FY2025, 157.0% down from the prior year.

Strategic Education filings provide 18 years of Tax Rate readings, the most recent being 22.46% for Q1 2026.

  • Tax Rate hit 22.46% in Q1 2026 for Strategic Education, down from 28.71% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Tax Rate topped out at 42.38% in Q1 2022 and bottomed at 115.67% in Q1 2023.
  • Average Tax Rate over 5 years is 20.99%, with a median of 28.86% recorded in 2025.
  • The largest annual shift saw Tax Rate tumbled -15805bps in 2023 before it skyrocketed 14672bps in 2024.
  • Strategic Education's Tax Rate stood at 33.56% in 2022, then decreased by -13bps to 29.22% in 2023, then rose by 13bps to 33.12% in 2024, then fell by -13bps to 28.71% in 2025, then fell by -22bps to 22.46% in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for STRA's Tax Rate are 22.46% (Q1 2026), 28.71% (Q4 2025), and 27.57% (Q3 2025).

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Tax Rate (Qtr)
1 51Talk Online Education 9.59 Bn 9.55 Bn 22.18 Mn 11.20
2 Graham Holdings 4.73 Bn 3.72 Bn 841.00 Mn 24.35
3 Laureate Education 4.69 Bn 4.53 Bn -16.39 Mn 20.92
4 Grand Canyon Education 4.19 Bn 3.94 Bn 244.77 Mn 23.49
5 Stride 3.77 Bn 2.96 Bn 231.57 Mn 26.13
6 Perdoceo Education 2.11 Bn 1.43 Bn 174.68 Mn 20.81
7 Universal Technical Institute 2.01 Bn 1.84 Bn 103.97 Mn -26.11
8 Strategic Education 1.71 Bn 1.55 Bn - 22.46
9 Lincoln Educational Services 1.46 Bn 1.44 Bn 120.06 Mn 22.21
10 American Public Education 943.17 Mn 722.17 Mn 100.11 Mn 7.87

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 22.46%
Mar 31, 2026 22.46%
Dec 31, 2025 28.71%
Dec 31, 2025 28.71%
Sep 30, 2025 27.57%
Sep 30, 2025 27.57%
Jun 30, 2025 28.86%
Jun 30, 2025 28.86%
Mar 31, 2025 29.28%
Mar 31, 2025 29.28%
Dec 31, 2024 33.12%
Dec 31, 2024 33.12%
Sep 30, 2024 28.10%
Sep 30, 2024 28.10%
Jun 30, 2024 28.48%
Jun 30, 2024 28.48%
Mar 31, 2024 31.05%
Mar 31, 2024 31.05%
Dec 31, 2023 29.22%
Dec 31, 2023 29.22%
Sep 30, 2023 30.27%
Sep 30, 2023 30.27%
Jun 30, 2023 28.80%
Jun 30, 2023 28.80%
Mar 31, 2023 -115.67%
Mar 31, 2023 -115.67%
Dec 31, 2022 33.56%
Dec 31, 2022 33.56%
Sep 30, 2022 19.26%
Sep 30, 2022 19.26%
Jun 30, 2022 31.33%
Jun 30, 2022 31.33%
Mar 31, 2022 42.38%
Mar 31, 2022 42.38%
Dec 31, 2021 26.45%
Dec 31, 2021 26.45%
Sep 30, 2021 29.93%
Sep 30, 2021 29.93%
Jun 30, 2021 27.25%
Jun 30, 2021 27.25%
Mar 31, 2021 32.40%
Mar 31, 2021 32.40%
Dec 31, 2020 -68.75%
Dec 31, 2020 -68.75%
Sep 30, 2020 32.90%
Sep 30, 2020 32.90%
Jun 30, 2020 28.90%
Jun 30, 2020 28.90%
Mar 31, 2020 23.44%
Mar 31, 2020 23.44%
Dec 31, 2019 28.17%
Dec 31, 2019 28.17%
Sep 30, 2019 28.18%
Sep 30, 2019 28.18%
Jun 30, 2019 23.05%
Jun 30, 2019 23.05%
Mar 31, 2019 60.41%
Mar 31, 2019 60.41%
Dec 31, 2018 -8.85%
Dec 31, 2018 -8.85%
Sep 30, 2018 5.78%
Sep 30, 2018 5.78%
Jun 30, 2018 -12.03%
Jun 30, 2018 -12.03%
Mar 31, 2018 18.94%
Mar 31, 2018 18.94%
Dec 31, 2017 154.72%
Dec 31, 2017 154.72%
Sep 30, 2017 25.56%
Sep 30, 2017 25.56%
Jun 30, 2017 26.13%
Jun 30, 2017 26.13%
Mar 31, 2017 42.71%
Mar 31, 2017 42.71%
Dec 31, 2016 83.07%
Dec 31, 2016 83.07%
Sep 30, 2016 39.84%
Sep 30, 2016 39.84%
Jun 30, 2016 39.40%
Jun 30, 2016 39.40%