Capella Education Company Announces First Quarter 2010 Earnings Release Date and Conference Call Details

MINNEAPOLIS--(Business Wire)--
Capella Education Company (NASDAQ:CPLA), a provider of exclusively online
post-secondary education through its wholly owned subsidiary Capella University,
today announced that it will release first quarter 2010 financial results before
the open of the market on Tuesday, Apr. 27, 2010. A live conference call and
Webcast discussing first quarter results is scheduled for the same day at 9:00
a.m. eastern time (ET).

To participate in the live call, investors should dial (866) 385-4179 (domestic)
or (706) 679-1492 (international) at 8:50 a.m. (ET) and provide conference ID#
67399558. The Webcast will be available on the Capella Education Company web
site at www.capellaeducation.com.

A replay of the call will be available starting on Apr. 27, 2010, through May 4,
2010, at (800) 642-1687 (domestic) or (706) 645-9291 (international), conference
ID# 67399558. It will also be archived at www.capellaeducation.com in the
investor relations section for 60 days.

About Capella Education Company

Founded in 1991, Capella Education Company is a national leader in online
education and parent company of Capella University, a regionally accredited*
online university. Capella University offers graduate degree programs in
business, information technology, education, human services, psychology, public
health, and public safety, and bachelor's degree programs in business,
information technology, and public safety. These academic programs are designed
to meet the needs of working adults, combining high quality, competency-based
curricula with the convenience and flexibility of an online learning format.
Currently, Capella University offers 39 graduate and undergraduate degree
programs with 129 specializations and more than 1250 courses. Nearly 34,000
learners were enrolled as of Dec. 31, 2009. For more information about Capella
Education Company, please visit http://www.capellaeducation.com. For more
information about Capella University, please visit http://www.capella.edu or
call 1.888.CAPELLA (227.3552).

*Capella University is accredited by The Higher Learning Commission and is a
member of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools (NCA),
http://www.ncahlc.org. Capella University, 225 South Sixth Street, Ninth Floor,
Minneapolis, MN 55402, 1-888-CAPELLA (227-3552), www.capella.edu.

Capella Education Company
Investor Contact:
Heide Erickson, 612-977-5172
Heide.Erickson@capella.edu
or
Media Contact:
Irene Silber, 612-977-4132
Irene.Silber@capella.edu

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