2025 Compare Cities Education:
Boston, MA vs Vancouver, WA

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Highlights
- Vancouver spends 35.0% less per student than Boston.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 61.2% higher in Vancouver than in Boston. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Vancouver had 3.3% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Boston
 Boston, MAVancouver, WAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$19,098$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$23,918  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,102$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio11.25  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock10424573
 Students per Counselor567  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.5.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock91.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.12.9%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.52.1%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock7.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree5.1%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.3%1.5%
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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Reviews for Vancouver    57 Reviews

Over 4 years ago

This city has traffic similar to Seattle. I think some drivers here are aggressive and are not able to stay calm under stress. Although the rent prices seem reasonable I  More

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Plus no pone wants a new bridge it has been voted down a thousand times but now the city of Vancouver is going to try and sneak one in anyway and the nice small feeling  More

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The city is corrupt, department heads taking bribes, 2 yr community college almost destroyed because the faculty are making it into a 4 yr college. Mormon corruption  More

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