Kammala wannan jumla: Alexander ya halarci Makarantar Sakandare ta Tsakiya kuma ya kammala karatu a 1917, yana ba da jawabi "Makomar Baƙin Amurkawa", a bikin farawa. Ya yi rajista a Jami'ar Pennsylvania a kan ƙwarewar ilimi kuma ya zama bakar fata na farko da ya kammala karatun digiri na Makarantar Kasuwanci ta Wharton a shekarar 1920. Daga nan sai ya shiga Makarantar Koyon Shari'a ta Harvard. A wajen, Alexander ya yi aiki a matsayin mataimakin malami a lokacin shekara ta makaranta. A lokacin bazara, ya ɗauki darussan don digiri na biyu a kimiyyar siyasa a Jami'ar Columbia, kodayake bai gama digiri ba. A Columbia, Alexander ya goyi bayan kansa ta hanyar aiki a matsayin mai ɗaukar kaya ga Delaware, Lackawanna da Western Railroad. Duk da yake har yanzu a makarantar lauya, Alexander ya kawo karar da ya fara nuna bambanci, yana tuhumar
Madison Square Garden don hana shi shiga saboda tserensa, keta dokar daidaito ta New York. Tunda har yanzu ba a karbe shi a matsayin lauya ba, Alexander ya yi hayar lauya don wakiltarsa.