What is Zohran Mamdani’s educational background and where did he attend school?

1. Schooling from childhood: Bank Street’s progressive classrooms

Profiles and the Bank Street College itself say Mamdani attended the Bank Street School for Children on Manhattan’s Upper West Side; Bank Street notes he was an alum (SFC ’06) and that he attended from 1999 until graduating in 2006, and contemporary reporting repeats that Bank Street shaped his early civic engagement ^[1]. Secondary sources emphasize Bank Street’s progressive pedagogy and a memorable mock election Mamdani won as a middle-schooler, which his school and several profiles cite as an early sign of his political instincts ^{[5] [1]}.

2. High school: Bronx High School of Science, a specialized public magnet

Multiple public and press biographies list The Bronx High School of Science as Mamdani’s high school, a specialized NYC public school he attended after Bank Street; institutional bios and international coverage—BBC, New York Assembly and others—state he graduated from Bronx Science around 2010 and co-founded a cricket team there ^{[2] [6] [4]}. This point is used in both supportive and critical pieces to highlight the mix of elite private and selective-public schooling in his background ^{[7] [8]}.

3. College: Bowdoin College, Africana Studies major

Authoritative outlets including The New York Times, Bowdoin-region reporting, and the Assembly bio report that Mamdani graduated from Bowdoin College in 2014 with a bachelor’s degree in Africana Studies; coverage notes he was active in campus politics and founded a Students for Justice in Palestine chapter and wrote for the student paper ^{[3] [9] [2]}. These college credentials are central to many profiles that trace how his academic focus informed later organizing around housing and racial justice ^{[3] [10]}.

4. Consistent facts and small discrepancies in timelines

Most sources agree on the three institutional anchors — Bank Street, Bronx Science, Bowdoin — and on the Africana Studies major at Bowdoin ^{[1] [2] [3]}. Where reporting varies is in precise year ranges for elementary and high school transitions; Bank Street’s own announcement gives 1999–2006 for his time there, while other outlets summarize “attended Bank Street” or cite Bronx Science graduation in 2010 without always listing intermediate dates ^{[1] [4]}. These small timeline differences reflect typical shorthand in profiles rather than substantive disputes.

5. How different outlets frame his schooling — rival narratives

Profiles emphasize different narratives: Bank Street and liberal outlets present his private-progressive schooling as formative for critical thinking and civic values ^{[1] [11]}, while some conservative tabloid and opinion pieces highlight an incongruity between his privileged schooling and his democratic-socialist platform ^{[8] [12]}. Both angles rely on the same factual schooling record but use it to support contrasting portrayals of authenticity, privilege, or ideological formation ^{[8] [12]}.

6. What the available sources do not mention

Available sources do not mention enrollment at any other colleges, graduate degrees, or professional certifications beyond the Bowdoin bachelor’s and the earlier schools (not found in current reporting). They also do not provide full transcripts, scholarship details, or contemporaneous academic honors lists in the materials provided here (not found in current reporting).

7. Bottom line for readers seeking verification

Institutional and major news sources concur that Mamdani’s formal education path ran Bank Street School for Children → The Bronx High School of Science → Bowdoin College (Africana Studies, B.A., 2014), with Bank Street and Bowdoin providing the most specific date anchors in the sources cited ^{[1] [2] [3]}. Interpretations of how that background shaped his politics differ across outlets; readers should note that the same facts are used to make both affirmative and critical arguments about his suitability for public office ^{[1] [8]}.