2025 Compare Cities Education:
Aspen, CO vs Boston, MA

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Highlights
- Boston spends 16.6% more per student than Aspen.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 10.4% lower in Boston than in Aspen. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Boston had 9.5% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Aspen
 Aspen, COBoston, MAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$29,396$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$20,199  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$13,967$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio12.56  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock7174573
 Students per Counselor312  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock6.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.4%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock88.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.15.7%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock4.7%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.65.0%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock15.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree6.4%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock3.6%1.5%
Reviews for Aspen    6 Reviews

Over 12 years ago

I've been living in valley for 6 years. I've moved here from right before crisis. It's good place to make money for young people, yeah..it still is. Though when I  More

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Over 12 years ago

beautiful cold and dry weather. Colorful  More

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In Winter the grocery store closest to the ski lifts is so packed full of people it is really difficult to move through the store, especially if you have a cart. It  More

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Reviews for Boston    122 Reviews

Over 2 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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