2025 Compare Cities Education:
Burlington, VT vs Manhattan, NY

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Highlights
- Manhattan spends 62.0% more per student than Burlington.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 1.8% lower in Manhattan than in Burlington. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Manhattan had 5.0% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Burlington
 Burlington, VTManhattan, NYUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$36,552$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$20,332  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$21,841$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio12.58  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock791504573
 Students per Counselor230  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock6.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.6%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock88.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.13.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock3.7%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.57.0%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock19.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.3%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock3.7%1.5%
Reviews for Burlington    32 Reviews

The good: beautiful, safe, walkable downtown, outdoors nearby. The bad: the woke nonsense is overwhelming, winters are long and brutal, dating scene is beyond  More

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Having lived in the Burlington VT area for more than a decade, I wish I would have done my research before relocating. Yes, VT has some great draws- but the cons far out  More

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Over 8 years ago

If your a hippie you'll love Burlington! The grass is green all year round.  More

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Reviews for Manhattan    2 Reviews

Over 2 years ago

Manhattan is a great place with lots to see and do. Exciting to visit and great to live if you have the  More

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This is the best city ever, it is very welcoming and there is a lot of fun things to do. I have lived her for 2 years now and have already had so many great experiences  More

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