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Burlington, VT vs Providence, RI

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Highlights
- Providence spends 17.5% less per student than Burlington.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 6.1% higher in Providence than in Burlington. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Providence had 10.3% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Burlington

Education
 Burlington, VTProvidence, RIUnited States
 Expend. per Student$22,565$18,605$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$20,332$16,362$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$12,451$9,362$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio12.5813.3516.23
 Students per Librarian2969134573
 Students per Counselor230390530
 Grade School Educ.2.3%9.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.6%7.4%6.3%
 High School Educ.93.1%83.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.13.4%14.6%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.6.1%5.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.57.0%33.3%33.7%
 Masters Grad.15.6%9.5%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.3%3.5%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree3.6%2.9%1.5%

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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 7 years ago

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

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Reviews for Providence    19 Reviews

Over 6 years ago

I think I hate this city more then my  More

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Over 8 years ago

I currently live in Rockford IL and just graduated college for broadcasting. I want to move out of this depressing, negative city and was thinking about Providence,  More

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And I've been to San Francisco and Seattle, so that's saying a lot. If you like pot, good for you, my annoyance is with all the people who smoke pot plainly in  More

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