Ride ta halarci Portola Junior High (yanzu Portola Middle School) sannan kuma Birmingham High School kafin ta kammala karatu daga makarantar West West School for Girls a Los Angeles a kan ƙwararren ilimi. Bugu da ƙari, kasancewa mai sha'awar kimiyya, ta kasance dan wasan tennis na kasa. Ride ya halarci Kwalejin Swarthmore na tsawon shekaru uku, ya ɗauki darussan ilimin lissafi a Jami'ar California, Los Angeles, kuma ya shiga Jami'ar Stanford a matsayin ƙaramin digiri, tare da digiri na digiri na digiri na digiri na biyu a fannin ilimin lissafi da kuma digiri na digiri na biyu a fannin ilimin lissafi a shekarar 1975.
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