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Chico, CA vs Boulder, CO

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Highlights
- Boulder spends 4.8% more per student than Chico.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 15.9% lower in Boulder than in Chico. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Boulder had 3.8% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Chico
 Chico, CABoulder, COUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$16,153$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,014  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,939$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio20.35  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock6194573
 Students per Counselor455  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.4%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock96.9%88.9%
 Some College Educ.26.5%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock3.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.39.6%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock25.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.7%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock9.0%1.5%
Reviews for Chico    31 Reviews

Chico is imperfect like most places, but it's still good. Any and all of it's issues proceed from it's main fault of growing increasingly liberal, which is to be  More

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Over 3 years ago

Chico's decent. I've been living here for ~5 years now. Eveen though my brother loves Chico and would like to stay, I would like to leave. I have no issues with crime or  More

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I was born in Oroville and I grew up in Oroville and Biggs. I have heard all my life about crime in chico. Well I have lived in Chico near Chapman for almost 10 years  More

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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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