INTANGIBLE ASSETS (Summary of Goodwill Balances by Reporting Unit) (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Sep. 30, 2018	Jun. 30, 2018	Sep. 30, 2017
Goodwill [Line Items]
Goodwill	$ 805,285	$ 813,887	$ 838,669
Chamberlain [Member]
Goodwill [Line Items]
Goodwill	4,716	4,716	4,716
AUC [Member]
Goodwill [Line Items]
Goodwill	68,321	68,321	68,321
RUSM and RUSVM [Member]
Goodwill [Line Items]
Goodwill	237,173	237,173	237,173
Professional Education [Member]
Goodwill [Line Items]
Goodwill	317,029	317,699	306,776
Adtalem Brazil [Member]
Goodwill [Line Items]
Goodwill	$ 178,046	$ 185,978	$ 221,683

Amount after accumulated impairment loss of an asset representing future economic benefits arising from other assets acquired in a business combination that are not individually identified and separately recognized.

Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 350
-SubTopic 20
-Section 45
-Paragraph 5
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=77989000&loc=SL49117168-202975

Reference 2: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 350
-SubTopic 20
-Section 45
-Paragraph 1
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=99380562&loc=d3e13770-109266

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