 He entered Exeter College, Oxford, where he graduated Bachelor of Arts in 1901, receiving first-class honours in "literae humaniores", and was promoted to Master of Arts in 1904.He was later granted by the same university the degrees of Bachelor of Divinity in 1918 and, "honoris causa", Doctor of Divinity in 1932.Blunt was elected as a tutorial Fellow of Exeter College in March 1902, and as Assistant Master of Wellington College later in 1902 before studying for priesthood at Cuddesdon Theological College.