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Fort Collins, CO vs Cortland, NY

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Highlights
- Cortland spends 83.1% more per student than Fort Collins.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 35.1% lower in Cortland than in Fort Collins. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Cortland had 7.8% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Fort Collins
 Fort Collins, COCortland, NYUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$26,248$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,528  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$14,833$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio16.46  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock5064573
 Students per Counselor173  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock4.7%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.0%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock89.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.17.3%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.56.6%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock8.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.5%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.4%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 Cortland    5 Reviews

Over 5 years ago

i was born here and this city is like a real life pvp-enabled zone. god isnt watching  More

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Over 10 years ago

Cortland is a small town geographically right in the center of New York. The population is around 20K and has been the same for decades. Cortland is a typical small  More

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Over 18 years ago

I was born here (but grew up in Syracuse thank god) and moved back when I was a teen. Year after year the city goes downhill. It has went from a city with a trolley car  More

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