2025 Compare Cities Education:
Fort Collins, CO vs Bend, OR

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Highlights
- Bend spends 11.0% more per student than Fort Collins.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 14.2% higher in Bend than in Fort Collins. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Bend had 1.6% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Fort Collins
 Fort Collins, COBend, ORUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,919$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,528  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,451$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio16.46  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock6024573
 Students per Counselor173  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.0%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock95.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.17.3%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.7%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.56.6%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock12.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.5%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.1%1.5%
Reviews for Fort Collins    71 Reviews

Over 3 years ago

Moved my family here a few months ago and have been so disappointed. Housing is dismal - you get low quality and almost nothing for what you’re paying. The house we’re  More

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Over 4 years ago

There is a high cost of living in all of Colorado, and there is a train that runs through the town a honks its horn for about 5 min straight which is very annoying  More

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My family established our home in Larimer County in 1973; this area, Fort Collins, was a quaint, western-ish town we loved to visit. So I’ve visited FoCo multiple times  More

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Reviews for Bend    100 Reviews

I have visited Bend for many years and moved here last year with my family. Every person that complains about Bend does not understand how economics works. The main  More

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Over 4 years ago

When I moved to Bend it was a charming small city of about 50,000 people. The population has now more than doubled and the once clean, quiet community is a noisy, dirty,  More

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Over 4 years ago

I've lived in Bend for 10 years now. I'm originally from a poorer town in CA with the same population as Bend. Here are my pros and cons of living in Bend. Pros: -  More

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