2025 Compare Cities Education:
Bowie, MD vs Santa Barbara, CA

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Highlights
- Santa Barbara spends 5.1% less per student than Bowie.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 51.3% higher in Santa Barbara than in Bowie. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Santa Barbara had 7.9% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Bowie
 Bowie, MDSanta Barbara, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$16,705$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$15,913  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,862$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.89  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock123874573
 Students per Counselor338  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock7.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock88.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.19.7%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.48.8%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock12.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock3.5%1.5%
Reviews for Bowie    15 Reviews

Over 10 years ago

Bowie should have better department stores. One has to travel to another city to find a Nordstroms and other upscale stores. Bowie Towne Center seems to bring in lesser  More

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Over 10 years ago

I grew up in Bowie in the 1980s. At the time, despite being in PG County which was nicknamed DC's ugly city because its demographics and crime were similar to the  More

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Over 13 years ago

COST TO MUCH TO LIVE  More

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Reviews for Santa Barbara    51 Reviews

I moved to Santa Barbara around 23 years ago to study at Brooks, which like most of the Santa Barbara that I knew—has been destroyed. Homelessness, drugs, gangs, high  More

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Over 4 years ago

I fell in love with Santa Barbara about thirty years ago and finally moved here a few years ago. Because of the price of homes, it is an expensive place to live. The  More

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If you like high crime, paying a $4,500 a month mortgage and crazy high taxes, this is the place for you. It’s too bad because it wasn’t always like this. When I moved  More

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