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Fort Collins, CO vs Birmingham, AL

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Highlights
- Birmingham spends 8.0% less per student than Fort Collins.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 17.4% higher in Birmingham than in Fort Collins. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Birmingham had 9.4% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Fort Collins

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 Fort Collins, COBirmingham, ALUnited States
 Expend. per Student$14,339$13,194$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,528$11,144$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$6,338$6,493$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio16.4619.3216.23
 Students per Librarian4845474573
 Students per Counselor173417530
 Grade School Educ.1.0%3.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.0%9.1%6.3%
 High School Educ.97.0%87.9%88.9%
 Some College Educ.17.3%22.6%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.8.6%8.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.56.6%28.8%33.7%
 Masters Grad.17.5%6.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.5%2.9%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree3.8%1.6%1.5%

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Reviews for Fort Collins    71 Reviews

Over 2 years ago

Moved my family here a few months ago and have been so disappointed. Housing is dismal - you get low quality and almost nothing for what you’re paying. The house we’re  More

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Over 3 years ago

There is a high cost of living in all of Colorado, and there is a train that runs through the town a honks its horn for about 5 min straight which is very annoying  More

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My family established our home in Larimer County in 1973; this area, Fort Collins, was a quaint, western-ish town we loved to visit. So I’ve visited FoCo multiple times  More

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Reviews for Birmingham    25 Reviews

Birmingham is better than ever, meaning it is beginning to gain half of the stuff a normal city of its size has. The food scene is definitely an exception and is above  More

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Lived in the Birmingham for years. The small city was divided by the historical train tracks into the north half and the south one. The north section was the  More

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Over 4 years ago

I moved to Birmingham 6.5 years ago for a new job. The city is very boring in my opinion, there isn't much to do over the weekend except shopping or eating out. Summer  More

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ZIPS IN FORT COLLINS, COLORADO
80525 80526 80521 80524 80528
ZIPS IN BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA
35215, 35211, 35205, 35235, 35206, 35208, 35212, 35204, 35207, 35222, 18 total

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