Mead ya halarci Jami'ar Norwich na tsawon shekaru biyu kuma ya sauke karatu daga Amherst College a Massachusetts a cikin aji na 1867.
Tabbas, wani nau'i mai rikitarwa na jumla shine "Mead ya halarci Jami'ar Norwich na tsawon shekaru 2, ya sauke karatu daga Kwalejin Amherst a Massachusetts a cikin aji na 1867, kuma daga bisani ya yi nazarin gine-gine a karkashin George Fletcher Babb a ofishin Russell Sturgis a Birnin New York. "