Capella Education Company Announces Investor Event Webcast Schedule for November 2009

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MINNEAPOLIS--(Business Wire)--
Capella Education Company (NASDAQ: CPLA), a provider of exclusively online
post-secondary education through its wholly owned subsidiary Capella
University(www.capella.edu), today announced its participation in the following
webcasted investor event during November 2009:

Date Conference/Location Time Presenter
Nov. 12, 2009 3rd Annual Signal Hill 2:30 PM ET Kevin Gilligan, CEO;
Education Preview Investor Lois Martin, Senior Vice
Conference President, CFO

The webcast of the presentation will be posted on Capella Education Company`s
Web site at www.capellaeducation.com in the investor relations section.

About Capella Education Company

Founded in 1991, Capella Education Company (NASDAQ: CPLA) 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 34 graduate and
undergraduate degree programs with 122 specializations and more than 1050
courses. Nearly 31,000 learners were enrolled as of September 30, 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),
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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