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New York, NY vs Boston, MA

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Highlights
- Boston spends 55.9% more per student than New York.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 11.8% lower in Boston than in New York. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Boston had 6.0% more residents who had graduated High School compared to New York

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 New York, NYBoston, MAUnited States
 Expend. per Student$18,855$29,396$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$18,855$23,918$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$8,968$13,967$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio12.7511.2516.23
 Students per Librarian1003467174573
 Students per Counselor2598567530
 Grade School Educ.8.9%6.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.7.9%5.1%6.3%
 High School Educ.83.2%88.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.13.5%12.9%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.6.5%4.7%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.39.6%52.1%33.7%
 Masters Grad.11.8%15.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.3%5.1%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree1.6%3.6%1.5%

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Reviews for New York    331 Reviews

I'm from the South and the perception I had was that New York was a filthy slum full of sketchy people and crime. I visited it, and it's actually on the other end of the  More

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New York City is crazy Great there are to many things to do and see in NYC for anyone to ever complain about the city other than most Of the population with stacked on  More

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Over 3 years ago

filthy. deplorable. weak character. the people of new york aren't classy, they're not even decent. rude, obnoxious, arrogant, and smug, and to make it all worse there's  More

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Reviews for Boston    122 Reviews

Over 1 years ago

health care in the country, plenty of jobs, gorgeous architecture, cool neighborhoods, lots of great restaurants, and always something to do. The beautiful coast, the  More

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I've lived in/near Boston my whole life almost. It has many pros such as a big city feel, extremely safe, reliable train transportation, great food. However any pro  More

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I moved to MA from the country of Georgia in eastern Europe. Then traveled quite a bit in the U.S. Boston definitely has its own flavor. Suburbs offer okay schools,  More

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