2025 Compare Cities Education:
Boulder, CO vs Carson City, NV

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Highlights
- Carson City spends 42.9% less per student than Boulder.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 34.1% higher in Carson City than in Boulder. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Carson City had 9.6% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Boulder
 Boulder, COCarson City, NVUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,224$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,130  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$4,732$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.11  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock21784573
 Students per Counselor213  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock4.3%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.7%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock87.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.10.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.76.8%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock5.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree5.7%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.7%1.5%
Reviews for Boulder    55 Reviews

Outside of the university, Boulder had a very distinctive "wealthy hippy" feel. A lot of alternative medicine and a matching ethos. This is changing some among my  More

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We moved here from Texas about 4 years ago and love it here! The amazing sense of community and high regard for the environment are two of the main reasons we love  More

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Over 5 years ago

Most people do much worse than Boulder. I'm the most critical person I've ever met who is never happy or satisfied -- so that's a pretty huge compliment.   More

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Reviews for Carson City    15 Reviews

Visited on and off over the years. It is actually green in the surrounding areas, right in town it lacks good green planning. Being so close to Carson and Tahoe,  More

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Over 3 years ago

I'd give Carson City a zero if I could. Simply, there's nothing to do here except drink and gamble. Sure, Tahoe seems close, but the vibrant part is about 40 minutes  More

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Carson City, Nevada is a wonderful place to raise a family and/or retire. We raised our two youngest children here and now we are retired, after moving to CC 21 years  More

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