2025 Compare Cities Education:
Alamosa, CO vs Albany, NY

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Highlights
- Albany spends 133.9% more per student than Alamosa.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 19.3% lower in Albany than in Alamosa. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Albany had 0.7% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Alamosa
 Alamosa, COAlbany, NYUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$26,020$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,048  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$13,104$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.66  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock7774573
 Students per Counselor182  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock4.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.8%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock89.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.25.0%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.23.9%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock14.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.4%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock3.1%1.5%
Reviews for Alamosa    5 Reviews

Rating 1 out of 5 This place is absolutely Crawling with meth and heroin addicts. They roam the streets, they constantly knock on your door asking for rides and money.  More

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If want to retire in a nice, quiet place where you can live in isolation, you have a steady stream of income from an outside source, you don't have anything valuable  More

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Over 12 years ago

Honestly Alamosa is probably the worst place ever..It sucks..Especially being African-American here..The people show signs of racism which is confusing to me seeing that  More

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Reviews for Albany    56 Reviews

Over 3 years ago

I live relatively close to Albany, and I gotta say, its a great city. I think it has a lot of good places for food, good living spaces, nice jobs and offices, and I  More

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Over 5 years ago

I’ve lived just outside of Albany in Clifton Park and its always been decent for me. The town is nice and theres a lot to do. The prices are a little expensive including  More

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Over 5 years ago

Good place to retire. Walkable. Young people. Buses. Sidewalks. Feel safe here in Whitehall neighborhood. Plenty to do. Taxes in ny are high,but you get what you pay  More

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