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Austin, TX vs Raleigh, NC

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Highlights
- Raleigh spends 41.3% less per student than Austin.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 4.0% higher in Raleigh than in Austin. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Raleigh had 1.9% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Austin

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 Austin, TXRaleigh, NCUnited States
 Expend. per Student$19,780$11,618$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,538$9,531$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$6,081$6,316$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.5315.1116.23
 Students per Librarian8058294573
 Students per Counselor391300530
 Grade School Educ.5.3%3.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.1%4.1%6.3%
 High School Educ.90.6%92.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.15.7%16.9%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.5.4%7.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.55.1%52.4%33.7%
 Masters Grad.14.9%13.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.5%3.5%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree2.6%2.5%1.5%

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Reviews for Austin    449 Reviews

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Good place to visit.  More

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Austin is too expensive. Let's get that out of the way. Other than that it is a fun city. Ladybird Lake makes the city, imo. The ability to stand up paddle, kayak, walk  More

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The city continues to grow quickly, which a lot of people don't like. I get it, you fall in love with a city, and it's growing so fast that you don't recognize the same  More

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Reviews for Raleigh    224 Reviews

I moved to Raleigh in 2018. Before that, I lived in Orange County CA, Boulder CO, South Africa, Northern California, Arizona, and Toronto. I say all this to give  More

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Excellent for a great many people or categories of people. As far as prices: ratio of wage and job opportunity here with housing remains one of the better ones in the  More

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Over 1 years ago

I attended university here in the early 90s and came back around 2005 and never left. I'm surprised at the other negative reviews honestly. Yes, housing is pricey in  More

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ZIPS IN AUSTIN, TEXAS
78745, 78753, 78741, 78748, 78744, 78704, 78758, 78759, 78749, 78723, 40 total
ZIPS IN RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA
27610, 27603, 27616, 27604, 27606, 27613, 27615, 27612, 27614, 27609, 15 total

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