2025 Compare Cities Education:
Fall River, MA vs Iowa City, IA

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Highlights
- Iowa City spends 12.6% less per student than Fall River.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 7.2% higher in Iowa City than in Fall River. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Iowa City had 28.7% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Fall River
 Fall River, MAIowa City, IAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$17,755$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$16,183  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,669$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio12.95  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock5004573
 Students per Counselor353  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.11.0%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock97.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.18.2%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.15.7%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock17.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.5%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock8.0%1.5%
Reviews for Fall River    9 Reviews

Over 5 years ago

Could not leave fast enough. Crime, unemployment, and the prejudice against anyone not of Portuguese descent was palpable. Gangs running  More

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Over 9 years ago

A lot of negative thing are being said about fall river on this page. I grew up in this city and I have to say it was much nicer when I was a child.but it seems like  More

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As someone who was born and raised in Fall River, MA, I have to say that all the negative remarks I read are absolutely correct. In fact, the only good thing about Fall  More

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Reviews for Iowa City    24 Reviews

Over 5 years ago

I was there 5 years. Nothing to do but we’ll go shopping... at Walmart. It lacks so many things. There is no experience here, it jumps on any political band wagon and  More

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Over 5 years ago

Entertainment lacks greatly - especially the Hancher shows. I was hoping after they rebuilt they would be getting better shows there, that didn't happen. One has to  More

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Over 7 years ago

Iowa City is great. It's diverse and never boring. There always a variety of new shops and restaurants to explore and try out. Also watching college kids do stupid  More

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