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/ / CHECK THIS BOX IF NO                    STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP                OMB NUMBER:       3235-0287
    LONGER SUBJECT TO                                                                                   EXPIRES: SEPTEMBER 30, 1998
    SECTION 16.  FORM 4 OR    Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,   ESTIMATED AVERAGE BURDEN
    FORM 5 OBLIGATIONS MAY       Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or     HOURS PER RESPONSE .... 0.5
    CONTINUE.  SEE                       Section 30(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1940           -----------------------------
    INSTRUCTION 1(b).
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*     2. Issuer Name AND Ticker or Trading Symbol     6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s)
                                                                                                 to Issuer (Check all applicable)
                                                                                                    Director             10% Owner
ELWOOD            CLARK          D.             ITT Educational Services, Inc.    ESI          ----                 ----
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    (Last)        (First)        (Middle)    3. IRS or Social Security  4. Statement for       ----          title  ---- (specify
                                                Number of Reporting        Month/Year                        below)       below
                                                Person (Voluntary)                           Senior Vice President, General Counsel
5975 Castle Creek Parkway, North Drive                                     January 2002      and Secretary
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                  (Street)                                                                    7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing
                                                                        5. If Amendment,          (Check Applicable Line)
                                                                           Date of Original    X Form filed by One Reporting Person
                                                                           (Month/Year)       ___Form filed by More than One
Indianapolis      IN                46250                                                        Reporting Person
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    (City)       (State)            (Zip)        TABLE I - NON-DERIVATIVE SECURITIES ACQUIRED, DISPOSED OF, OR BENEFICIALLY OWNED
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1. Title of Security               2. Trans-   3. Trans-     4. Securities Acquired (A)    5. Amount of     6. Owner-   7. Nature
   (Instr. 3)                         action      action        or Disposed of (D)            Securities       ship        of In-
                                      Date        Code          (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)           Beneficially     Form:       direct
                                                  (Instr. 8)                                  Owned at         Direct      Bene-
                                     (Month/                                                  End of           (D) or      ficial
                                      Day/     -------------------------------------------    Month            Indirect    Owner-
                                      Year)                               (A) or                               (I)         ship
                                                Code    V       Amount    (D)     Price       (Instr. 3        (Instr. 4) (Instr. 4)
                                                                                              and 4)
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Common Stock                       1/22/02      A       V      1,579      A                   4,152 shares     D
                                                               shares
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                                                                                              2,845 shares     I          By 401(k)
                                                                                              (1)                         Plan
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Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly.                   (Over)
* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, SEE Instruction 4(b)(v).                                   SEC 1474 (7-97)

                              POTENTIAL PERSONS WHO ARE TO RESPOND TO THE COLLECTION OF INFORMATION
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FORM 4 (CONTINUED)          TABLE II - DERIVATIVE SECURITIES ACQUIRED, DISPOSED OF, OR BENEFICIALLY OWNED
                                   (E.G., PUTS, CALLS, WARRANTS, OPTIONS, CONVERTIBLE SECURITIES)

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1. Title of Derivative Security     2. Conver-   3. Trans-   4. Transac-   5. Number of Deriv-      6. Date Exer-
   (Instr. 3)                          sion or      action      tion Code     ative Securities Ac-     cisable and Ex-
                                       Exercise     Date        (Instr. 8)    quired (A) or Dis-       piration Date
                                       Price of    (Month/                    posed of (D)             (Month/Day/
                                       Deriv-       Day/                      (Instr. 3, 4, and 5)     Year)
                                       ative        Year)
                                       Security

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                                                                                                     Date      Expira-
                                                             --------------------------------------  Exer-     tion
                                                                                                     cisable   Date
                                                              Code    V        (A)        (D)

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Stock Option (Right to Buy) (2)     $34.50       1/22/02      A                5,000                 1/22/03   1/24/12
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Stock Option (Right to Buy) (2)     $34.50       1/22/02      A                5,000                 1/22/04   1/24/12
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Stock Option (Right to Buy) (2)     $34.50       1/22/02      A                5,000                 1/22/05   1/24/12
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7. Title and Amount of Under-       8. Price   9. Number     10. Owner-     11. Nature
   lying Securities                    of         of Deriv-      ship           of In-
   (Instr. 3 and 4)                    Deriv-     ative          Form           direct
                                       ative      Securi-        of De-         Bene-
                                       Secur-     ties           rivative       ficial
                                       ity        Bene-          Secu-          Own-
                                       (Instr.    ficially       rity:          ership
                                       5)         Owned          Direct         (Instr. 4)
                                                  at End         (D) or
                     Amount or                    of             Indi-
       Title         Number of                    Month          rect (I)
                     Shares                       (Instr. 4)     (Instr. 4)

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Common Stock        5,000
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Common Stock        5,000
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Common Stock        5,000                      15,000            D
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Explanation of Responses:   (1) From January 16, 2001 through January 15, 2002,
the reporting person acquired 147 shares of ESI common stock under the ESI
401(k) plan.

(2) Options awarded under the 1997 ITT Educational Services, Inc.
Stock Incentive Plan, a Rule 16b-3 plan.

                                                                               /s/ Clark D. Elwood                 February 1, 2002
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**Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute                    **Signature of Reporting Person           Date
  Federal Criminal Violations.  SEE 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).

Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed.
      If space is insufficient, SEE Instruction 6 for procedure.

Potential persons who are to respond to the collection of information contained
in this form are not required to respond unless the form displays a currently
valid OMB Number.

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