Initial Statement of Beneficial Ownership (3)

FORM 3	UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES	OMB APPROVAL OMB Number: 3235-0104 Estimated average burden hours per response... 0.5
	Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person ^*

Juster Kenneth

2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (MM/DD/YYYY) 8/18/2016

3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol

Bridgepoint Education Inc [BPI]

(Last) (First) (Middle)

13500 EVENING CREEK DR. NORTH

4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable)

__ X __ Director _____ 10% Owner
_____ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)

(Street)

SAN DIEGO, CA 92128

(City) (State) (Zip)

5. If Amendment, Date Original Filed (MM/DD/YYYY)

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)

_ X _ Form filed by One Reporting Person
___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security (Instr. 4)	2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4)	3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Common Stock	27710574	I	By Warburg Pincus Private Equity VIII, L.P. ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾

*Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned ( e.g.* , puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)**
1. Title of Derivate Security (Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (MM/DD/YYYY)		3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)		4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
1. Title of Derivate Security (Instr. 4)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares	4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security		6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)

Explanation of Responses:
( 1)	Shares held by Warburg Pincus Private Equity VIII, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (together with its two affiliated partnerships, "WP VIII").
( 2)	The reporting person is a Partner of Warburg Pincus & Co., a New York general partnership ("WP"), and a Member and Managing Director of Warburg Pincus LLC, a New York limited liability company ("WP LLC"). WP is the managing member of Warburg Pincus Partners GP LLC, a Delaware limited liability company ("WP Partners GP") and the general partner of Warburg Pincus Partners, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership ("WP Partners"). WP Partners is the general partner of WP VIII. WP LLC is the manager of WP VIII. As a result, the reporting person may be deemed to have an indirect pecuniary interest (within the meaning of Rule 16a-1 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act")) in an indeterminate portion of the securities that may be deemed to be beneficially owned by WP VIII, WP Partners, WP Partners GP, WP and WP LLC (collectively, the "Warburg Pincus Entities").
( 3)	The reporting person disclaims beneficial ownership of all securities that may be deemed to be beneficially owned by the Warburg Pincus Entities, except to the extent of any indirect pecuniary interest therein. This Form 3 shall not be deemed an admission that the reporting person or any other person referred to herein is a beneficial owner of any securities for purposes of Section 16 of the Exchange Act or for any other purposes.

Reporting Owners
Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
Reporting Owner Name / Address	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
Juster Kenneth 13500 EVENING CREEK DR. NORTH SAN DIEGO, CA 92128	X

Signatures
s Diane L. Thompson, as Attorney-in-Fact		8/26/2016
^** Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly.
*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5(b)(v).
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