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Fort Collins, CO vs Providence, RI

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Highlights
- Providence spends 29.8% more per student than Fort Collins.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 18.9% lower in Providence than in Fort Collins. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Providence had 13.9% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Fort Collins
 Fort Collins, COProvidence, RIUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$18,605$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,528  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,362$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio16.46  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock9134573
 Students per Counselor173  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock9.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.0%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock83.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.17.3%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock5.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.56.6%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock9.5%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.5%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.9%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 Providence    19 Reviews

Over 7 years ago

I think I hate this city more then my  More

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Over 9 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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