Lengkepan kalimah di handap ieu: Mulligan meunang dua pangajén pikeun pagelaranana di Hollywood Film Festival jeung Houston Film Critics Society <unk> Breakthrough Actress jeung Best Actress masing-masing. "An Education" meunang Best Film ti Sundance Film jeung Mill Valley Film Festival, éta engkéna meunang Best Foreign Film di Independent Spirit Awards. Opat anggota pamaén dicalonkeun pikeun panghargaan di London Film Critics 'Circle, babarengan jeung film jeung naskah. Hornby saterusna narima sabelas deui nominasi pikeun karyana dina naskah. Mulligan jeung Peter Sarsgaard duanana narima panghargaan ti Santa Barbara International Film Festival jeung Alliance of Women Film Journalists, di mana maranéhna narima panghargaan Best Depiction Of Nudity, Sexuality, atawa Seduction. Nu
Dina 16th Screen Actors Guild Awards, pamaén pilem meunangkeun nominasi pikeun Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture. Musik, kostum, jeung rambut jeung make-up pilem ogé meunang opat nominasi di antarana.