Steve Bannon received his education at Benedictine College Preparatory, a private, Catholic military high school in Richmond, Virginia, where he graduated in 1971. He then transferred to Virginia Tech, where he was president of the student government association.
He earned a bachelor’s degree in urban planning from Virginia Tech’s College of Architecture and Urban Studies in 1976. In 1983, he graduated from Georgetown University School of Foreign Service with a master’s degree in national security studies. In 1985, he graduated with honors from Harvard Business School with a Master of Business Administration degree.
