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 malanta. 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 kimiyyar lissafi a Los Angeles, California, kuma ya shiga Jami'ar Stanford a matsayin matashi na farko, tare da digiri na digiri na digiri na biyu. Ta kammala karatun digiri na biyu a shekarar 1975 a Stanford, inda ta sami digiri na digiri na digiri na biyu a fannin ilimin kimiyyar lissafi da kuma digiri na PhD a fannin ilimin kimiyyar lissafi.
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