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Edinburg, TX vs Providence, RI

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Highlights
- Providence spends 55.2% more per student than Edinburg.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 11.6% lower in Providence than in Edinburg. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Providence had 5.9% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Edinburg
 Edinburg, TXProvidence, RIUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$18,605$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,138  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,362$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.11  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock9134573
 Students per Counselor359  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock9.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.9.7%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock83.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.1%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock5.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.26.6%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock9.5%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.4%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.9%1.5%
Reviews for Edinburg    5 Reviews

I've lived here for the majority of my life and the only good thing about this place is the low cost of living. This is where people come to rot, it's extremely  More

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Over 7 years ago

I'll try to start this out by saying something nice. Edinburg has a very low cost of living. Also, it is centered around UTRGV, a 4-year university with some of the  More

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Edinburg it's a great place to live  More

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Reviews for Providence    19 Reviews

Over 8 years ago

I think I hate this city more then my  More

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Over 10 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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