2025 Compare Cities Education:
Asheville, NC vs Santa Barbara, CA

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Highlights
- Santa Barbara spends 37.7% more per student than Asheville.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 58.0% higher in Santa Barbara than in Asheville. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Santa Barbara had 5.7% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Asheville
 Asheville, NCSanta Barbara, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$16,705$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,947  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,862$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.3  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock123874573
 Students per Counselor239  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock7.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock88.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.17.0%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.50.8%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock12.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.7%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock3.5%1.5%
Reviews for Asheville    117 Reviews

Lived around this city my entire life, and have spent countless hours in every part of it- at one point, Asheville was the place to be, it had a high standard of living,  More

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Scotty · 

Asheville has changed dramatically over the pass twenty years . At one time downtown and the charming family friendly neighborhoods within, reminded me of The Waltons  More

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This city is very deceiving. Small but if you look close you see big liberal city problems in this town. Mainly because it is overwhelming liberal. Far left liberals.  More

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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 4 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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