2025 Compare Cities Education:
Auburn, NY vs Iowa City, IA

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Highlights
- Iowa City spends 29.7% less per student than Auburn.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 18.1% higher in Iowa City than in Auburn. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Iowa City had 15.7% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Auburn
 Auburn, NYIowa City, IAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$17,755$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$20,568  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,669$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio11.75  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock5004573
 Students per Counselor257  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.12.3%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock97.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.20.1%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.19.2%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock17.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.9%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock8.0%1.5%
Reviews for Auburn    3 Reviews

Over 13 years ago

as a child i grew up on the west side.auburn was a lovely place to grow up.my father worked at a local company called ALCO,a division of white motors.sadly many  More

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Have been looking for a year now and find it very  More

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Over 19 years ago

Auburn is a fairly affordable place to  More

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Reviews for Iowa City    24 Reviews

Over 5 years ago

I was there 5 years. Nothing to do but we’ll go shopping... at Walmart. It lacks so many things. There is no experience here, it jumps on any political band wagon and  More

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Over 5 years ago

Entertainment lacks greatly - especially the Hancher shows. I was hoping after they rebuilt they would be getting better shows there, that didn't happen. One has to  More

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Over 7 years ago

Iowa City is great. It's diverse and never boring. There always a variety of new shops and restaurants to explore and try out. Also watching college kids do stupid  More

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