2025 Compare Cities Education:
Colorado Springs, CO vs New York, NY

Change Cities
Highlights
- New York spends 50.5% more per student than Colorado Springs.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 25.3% lower in New York than in Colorado Springs. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- New York had 11.4% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Colorado Springs
 Colorado Springs, CONew York, NYUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$18,855$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,295  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,968$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.06  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock1003464573
 Students per Counselor274  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock8.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.7%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock83.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.24.0%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock6.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.40.2%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock11.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.3%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.6%1.5%
Reviews for Colorado Springs    199 Reviews

Over 1 years ago

I grew up in Colorado Springs, left for the military, and moved back in 2008. It is not the same place I grew up in or what it was 15 years ago. High crime,  More

   |    Reply

Over 1 years ago

Moved here from san diego. All expenses went up with exception to gas. San diego may not have an affordable housing market, but with all others equal san diego is still  More

   |    Reply

Moved here in the summer from one of the hottest places on earth and my quality of life has gone up dramatically. I can walk outside, there are enormous mountains to  More

   |    Reply

Start Your Review of Colorado Springs

Reviews for New York    330 Reviews

I'm from the South and the perception I had was that New York was a filthy slum full of sketchy people and crime. I visited it, and it's actually on the other end of the  More

   |    Reply

New York City is crazy Great there are to many things to do and see in NYC for anyone to ever complain about the city other than most Of the population with stacked on  More

   |    Reply

Over 4 years ago

filthy. deplorable. weak character. the people of new york aren't classy, they're not even decent. rude, obnoxious, arrogant, and smug, and to make it all worse there's  More

   |    Reply

Start Your Review of New York


Premium Subscription
Includes Cost of Living compares for child care, utilities, transportation, health, taxes, housing for home owners vs renters, weather, insurance premiums and so much more.


The premier source for comprehensive city data for over 30 years.

© Best Places. All rights reserved.