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New York, NY vs Denver, CO

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Highlights
- Denver spends 12.5% less per student than New York.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 16.9% higher in Denver than in New York. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Denver had 8.2% more residents who had graduated High School compared to New York

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 New York, NYDenver, COUnited States
 Expend. per Student$18,855$16,503$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$18,855$12,519$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$8,968$6,000$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio12.7514.916.23
 Students per Librarian10034620954573
 Students per Counselor2598411530
 Grade School Educ.8.9%4.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.7.9%5.0%6.3%
 High School Educ.83.2%90.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.13.5%16.0%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.6.5%5.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.39.6%52.5%33.7%
 Masters Grad.11.8%13.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.3%4.5%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree1.6%2.1%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 Denver    470 Reviews

During my 25 years in Denver, I’ve witnessed trends found in other metro areas: homeless camps, panhandlers, worsening traffic, increased crime and rapidly appreciating  More

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I've lived in the Denver area for about eight years now. Moved here for college planning to get out as soon as I was done with college, and predictably got stuck  More

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I've lived in the city since I was born (1998) and I just was ready to get out. I'm a Denver native and I am ashamed of my city. I moved to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania  More

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