2025 Compare Cities Education:
Boulder, CO vs Portland, OR

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Highlights
- Portland spends 21.2% more per student than Boulder.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 0.8% higher in Portland than in Boulder. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Portland had 3.8% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Boulder
 Boulder, COPortland, ORUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$19,574$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,130  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,835$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.11  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock6144573
 Students per Counselor213  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.7%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock93.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.10.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock6.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.76.8%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock13.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree5.7%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.4%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 Portland    386 Reviews

I lived in Portland for 19 years (I've also lived in Boise, ID, the Bay Area, Austin, TX and now Nampa, ID). It drives me nuts when people try to give a large city a  More

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One of the best cities in America. Food scene is the best in the world. Weather is preferable over places where you have the same weather year round. I enjoy the  More

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I moved from Houston to Portland about a year ago. I remember reading the reviews on here and it making me second guess moving before I did, so I wanted to come back and  More

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