SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES - Additional Information (Detail) - USD ($)	3 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2015	Sep. 30, 2014	Jun. 30, 2015
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Minimum protective endowment related to continuing operation in Pennsylvania	$ 500,000
Reserves related to uncollectible accounts and refunds	63,500,000	$ 64,200,000
Cost capitalized	400,000	300,000
Net balance of capitalized software development costs	$ 28,700,000	$ 41,800,000
Anti-dilutive shares excluded from computations of earnings per share	2,644,000	901,000
Cumulative translation losses	$ 122,300,000	$ 32,300,000
Advertising expense	59,300,000	66,200,000
Provision for Doubtful Accounts	20,594,000	20,575,000
Impairment of Leasehold	7,400,000	200,000
Student Refundable Fees, Refund Payments	11,100,000	8,500,000
Educational Services [Member]
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Provision for Doubtful Accounts	$ 9,400,000	12,000,000
Perkins Student Loan Fund
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Percentage of Contributions	33.00%
Allowances for expected losses on loan collections	$ 2,600,000	2,600,000
DeVry Brasil
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Ownership interest of parent in subsidiary	2.10%
DeVry Education Group Inc.
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Ownership interest of parent in subsidiary	97.90%		96.30%
Cumulative translation losses	$ 119,700,000	31,100,000
Available-for-sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Gain (Loss)	100,000	300,000
Tax effect on unrealized gains on available-for-sale securities	200,000	100,000
Noncontrolling Interest
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Cumulative translation losses	$ 2,600,000	$ 1,200,000