Condoleezza Rice
Education
### Education

In 1967, the family moved to Denver, Colorado. She attended [St. Mary's Academy](/wiki/St._Mary%27s_Academy_%28Cherry_Hills_Village%29 "St. Mary's Academy (Cherry Hills Village)"), an all\-girls Catholic high school in [Cherry Hills Village, Colorado](/wiki/Cherry_Hills_Village%2C_Colorado "Cherry Hills Village, Colorado"), and graduated at age 16 in 1971\. Rice enrolled at the University of Denver, where her father worked at the time.

Rice initially majored in music, and after her sophomore year, she went to the [Aspen Music Festival and School](/wiki/Aspen_Music_Festival_and_School "Aspen Music Festival and School"). There, she later said, she met students of greater talent than herself, and she doubted her career prospects as a pianist. She began to consider an alternative major. She attended an International Politics course taught by [Josef Korbel](/wiki/Josef_Korbel "Josef Korbel"), which sparked her interest in the [Soviet Union](/wiki/Soviet_Union "Soviet Union") and [international relations](/wiki/International_relations "International relations"). Rice later described Korbel (who is the father of [Madeleine Albright](/wiki/Madeleine_Albright "Madeleine Albright"), then a future U.S. Secretary of State), as a central figure in her life.

In 1974, at age 19, Rice was inducted into the [Phi Beta Kappa Society](/wiki/Phi_Beta_Kappa_Society "Phi Beta Kappa Society"), and was awarded a [B.A.](/wiki/Bachelor_of_Arts "Bachelor of Arts"), *[cum laude](/wiki/Cum_laude "Cum laude")*, in political science by the University of Denver. While at the University of Denver she was a member of [Alpha Chi Omega](/wiki/Alpha_Chi_Omega "Alpha Chi Omega"), Gamma Delta chapter. She obtained a [master's degree](/wiki/Master%27s_degree "Master's degree") in political science from the University of Notre Dame in 1975\. She first worked in the [State Department](/wiki/State_Department "State Department") in 1977, during the [Carter administration](/wiki/Carter_administration "Carter administration"), as an intern in the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. She also studied Russian at [Moscow State University](/wiki/Moscow_State_University "Moscow State University") in the summer of 1979, and interned with the [RAND Corporation](/wiki/RAND_Corporation "RAND Corporation") in Santa Monica, California. In 1981, at age 26, she received her [Ph.D.](/wiki/Doctor_of_Philosophy "Doctor of Philosophy") in political science from the [Josef Korbel School of International Studies](/wiki/Josef_Korbel_School_of_International_Studies "Josef Korbel School of International Studies") at the University of Denver. Her dissertation centered on military policy and politics in what was then the communist state of [Czechoslovakia](/wiki/History_of_Czechoslovakia "History of Czechoslovakia").

From 1980 to 1981, she was a fellow at Stanford University's Arms Control and Disarmament Program, having won a [Ford Foundation](/wiki/Ford_Foundation "Ford Foundation") Dual Expertise Fellowship in [Soviet Studies](/wiki/Soviet_Studies "Soviet Studies") and [International Security](/wiki/International_Security "International Security"). Rice was one of only four women – along with [Janne E. Nolan](/wiki/Janne_E._Nolan "Janne E. Nolan"), Cindy Roberts, and [Gloria Duffy](/wiki/Gloria_Duffy "Gloria Duffy") – studying international security at Stanford on fellowships at the time. Her fellowship at Stanford began her academic affiliation with the university and time in Northern California.


When and where did Condoleezza Rice receive her Ph.D.?