2025 Compare Cities Education:
Cincinnati, OH vs Wake Forest, NC

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Highlights
- Wake Forest spends 31.8% less per student than Cincinnati.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 18.4% lower in Wake Forest than in Cincinnati. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Wake Forest had 9.3% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Cincinnati
 Cincinnati, OHWake Forest, NCUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,618$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,237  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,316$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.52  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock8294573
 Students per Counselor394  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.8.3%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock96.9%88.9%
 Some College Educ.17.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.39.6%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock15.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.4%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.3%1.5%
Reviews for Cincinnati    113 Reviews

A native buckeye, I currently split my time between Cincinnati and Charleston, SC. We were considering leaving Cincinnati, but after reviewing other cities, I think  More

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Lived in Cinti. and on UC faculty for over 40 years. The best move of my life is to have retired and left Cinti. for Tucson. In academics OSU far outranks UC and the  More

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What Bert has to say is a bit dated. The downtown area has made a great comeback over the past 10-15 years with Over the Rhine once being ranked America’s most dangerous  More

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Reviews for Wake Forest    5 Reviews

Im a 22 year old male from Denver Colorado.im looking to relocate and transfer for work . Colorado has high taxes and high cost of living and also to much snow during  More

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Relocating from New York City three years ago took some adjustment and once settled in Wake Forest I was able to breath a little bit easier. The pace is something you  More

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The Triangle is a great place to work and live, more reasonable than the North but more expensive than most places in the South. We live in a beautiful  More

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