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Santa Barbara, CA vs San Jose, CA

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Highlights
- San Jose spends 10.2% more per student than Santa Barbara.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 2.8% higher in San Jose than in Santa Barbara. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- San Jose had 2.8% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Santa Barbara

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 Santa Barbara, CASan Jose, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student$16,705$18,401$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,158$14,141$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$7,862$8,804$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio21.0121.5916.23
 Students per Librarian1238765284573
 Students per Counselor539646530
 Grade School Educ.7.2%8.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.9%5.9%6.3%
 High School Educ.88.0%85.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.18.5%16.2%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.7.2%7.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.50.5%45.4%33.7%
 Masters Grad.12.6%14.5%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.6%2.2%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree3.5%2.8%1.5%

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Reviews for Santa Barbara    51 Reviews

I moved to Santa Barbara around 23 years ago to study at Brooks, which like most of the Santa Barbara that I knew—has been destroyed. Homelessness, drugs, gangs, high  More

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Over 3 years ago

I fell in love with Santa Barbara about thirty years ago and finally moved here a few years ago. Because of the price of homes, it is an expensive place to live. The  More

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If you like high crime, paying a $4,500 a month mortgage and crazy high taxes, this is the place for you. It’s too bad because it wasn’t always like this. When I moved  More

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Reviews for San Jose    90 Reviews

I've lived in west San Jose/Cambrian, between Los Gatos and Almaden SJ since 1997. This side of town somehow avoided the erosion of the American dream. Houses are  More

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I lived in San Jose for 40 years. That’s during the most exciting time when the Silicon Valley was booming with real technology and San Jose was ranked as the safest big  More

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Over 3 years ago

I've lived in San Jose, CA for 25 years. This city is being over run with crime and gangs. The cost of living is very high. Granted, you are so close to mountains,  More

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ZIPS IN SANTA BARBARA, CALIFORNIA
93101 93105 93103 93110 93109
ZIPS IN SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA
95123, 95127, 95111, 95112, 95122, 95116, 95125, 95124, 95148, 95136, 31 total

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