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Boston, MA vs Providence, RI

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Highlights
- Providence spends 36.7% less per student than Boston.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 18.7% higher in Providence than in Boston. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Providence had 5.3% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Boston

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 Boston, MAProvidence, RIUnited States
 Expend. per Student$29,396$18,605$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$23,918$16,362$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$13,967$9,362$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio11.2513.3516.23
 Students per Librarian7179134573
 Students per Counselor567390530
 Grade School Educ.6.8%9.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.5.1%7.4%6.3%
 High School Educ.88.2%83.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.12.9%14.6%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.4.7%5.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.52.1%33.3%33.7%
 Masters Grad.15.7%9.5%9.3%
 Professional Degree5.1%3.5%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree3.6%2.9%1.5%

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Reviews for Boston    122 Reviews

Over 1 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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Reviews for Providence    19 Reviews

Over 6 years ago

I think I hate this city more then my  More

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Over 8 years ago

I currently live in Rockford IL and just graduated college for broadcasting. I want to move out of this depressing, negative city and was thinking about Providence,  More

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And I've been to San Francisco and Seattle, so that's saying a lot. If you like pot, good for you, my annoyance is with all the people who smoke pot plainly in  More

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