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Colorado Springs, CO vs Santa Barbara, CA

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- Santa Barbara spends 33.3% more per student than Colorado Springs.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 23.2% higher in Santa Barbara than in Colorado Springs. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Santa Barbara had 6.3% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Colorado Springs

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 Colorado Springs, COSanta Barbara, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student$12,529$16,705$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,295$13,158$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$5,663$7,862$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.0621.0116.23
 Students per Librarian621123874573
 Students per Counselor274539530
 Grade School Educ.2.4%7.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.7%4.9%6.3%
 High School Educ.93.9%88.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.24.0%18.5%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.10.7%7.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.40.2%50.5%33.7%
 Masters Grad.12.0%12.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.3%4.6%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree1.7%3.5%1.5%

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Reviews for Colorado Springs    198 Reviews

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

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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

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I have been in COS on and off for a couple years, finally making the permanent move several months ago. I have lived in Philly, Pittsburgh, Los Angeles, and Charlotte,  More

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Reviews for Santa Barbara    51 Reviews

I moved to Santa Barbara around 23 years ago to study at Brooks, which like most of the Santa Barbara that I knew—has been destroyed. Homelessness, drugs, gangs, high  More

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Over 3 years ago

I fell in love with Santa Barbara about thirty years ago and finally moved here a few years ago. Because of the price of homes, it is an expensive place to live. The  More

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If you like high crime, paying a $4,500 a month mortgage and crazy high taxes, this is the place for you. It’s too bad because it wasn’t always like this. When I moved  More

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ZIPS IN COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO
80918, 80916, 80909, 80920, 80906, 80917, 80910, 80922, 80923, 80907, 21 total
ZIPS IN SANTA BARBARA, CALIFORNIA
93101 93105 93103 93110 93109

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