 Rogers served as president of the student council, was a member of the National Honor Society and was editor-in-chief of the school yearbook.He attended Dartmouth College for one year before transferring to Rollins College in Winter Park, Florida; he graduated "magna cum laude" in 1951 with a Bachelor of Music.Rogers graduated "magna cum laude" from Pittsburgh Theological Seminary in 1962 with a Bachelor of Divinity.