Page was born in East Lansing, Michigan.[5][6] His father, Carl Page, earned a Ph.D. in computer science in 1965 when the field was in its infancy, and is considered a "pioneer in computer science and artificial intelligence." Both he and Page's mother were computer science professors at Michigan State University.[7][8] Page is Jewish on his mother's side, and was raised without religion.[9] Page attended the Okemos Montessori School (now called Montessori Radmoor) in Okemos, Michigan from 1975 to 1979, and graduated from East Lansing High School in 1991.[10] He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in computer engineering from the University of Michigan with honors and a Masters degree in computer science from Stanford University. While at the University of Michigan, "Page created an inkjet printer made of Lego bricks" (actually a line plotter),[11] served as the president of the Eta Kappa Nu in Fall 1994,[12] and was a member of the 1993 "Maize & Blue" University of Michigan Solar team.