Which university did Ride or Die star Octavia Spencer attend?

Ride or Die star Octavia Spencer attended Auburn University, where she studied English and added minors in journalism and theater.

Spencer first attended Auburn University at Montgomery from 1988 to 1989. She then transferred to Auburn University in Auburn, Alabama, and graduated in 1994 with a bachelor’s degree in English. Her academic background is sometimes shortened in biographies to a liberal-arts degree, but Auburn identifies her as an alumna of the university.

Her path into acting began before Hollywood stardom. While she was still connected to Montgomery, she persistently sought an internship on The Long Walk Home, a film about the Montgomery bus boycott. That behind-the-scenes opportunity helped lead her toward professional film work.

The university detail is easy to confuse because Auburn University at Montgomery and Auburn University are separate campuses. The stored answer uses the broader and canonical institution name, Auburn University, rather than the earlier Montgomery campus.