ruth ella moore attended ohio state university for both of her undergraduate and graduate levels. in 1925, she earned her bachelor of science degree, in 1927 her masters of science degree and in 1933 her ph.d. in bacteriology. her dissertation was on the tuberculosis bacteria and the titles were "studies on dissociation of mycobacterium tuberculosis" and "a new method of concentration on the tubercule bacilli as applied to sputum and urine examination".