2025 Compare Cities Education:
Baltimore, MD vs Iowa City, IA

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Highlights
- Iowa City spends 14.7% less per student than Baltimore.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 8.7% lower in Iowa City than in Baltimore. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Iowa City had 12.5% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Baltimore
 Baltimore, MDIowa City, IAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$17,755$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$16,085  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,669$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.21  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock5004573
 Students per Counselor535  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.9.6%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock97.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.18.8%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.34.2%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock17.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.2%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock8.0%1.5%
Reviews for Baltimore    101 Reviews

Bronx, Queens, Brooklyn , Detroit and the list goes on were all very bad 20 years ago . If you have a chance to visit them now . You'll wish you had moved in to those  More

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Over 4 years ago

Came to Balt a less, ended up balting a more. In all seriousness, its an okay  More

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I've lived in Baltimore, MD all of my life. I remember when Jobs were plentiful, food was to die for, the city was very diverse. After the 80's and drugs entered the  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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