2025 Compare Cities Education:
Fort Collins, CO vs Rochester, MI

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Highlights
- Rochester spends 5.9% more per student than Fort Collins.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 3.4% higher in Rochester than in Fort Collins. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Rochester had 1.9% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Fort Collins
 Fort Collins, CORochester, MIUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,188$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,528  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,754$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio16.46  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock8094573
 Students per Counselor173  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock0.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.0%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock98.8%88.9%
 Some College Educ.17.3%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.56.6%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock25.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.5%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.6%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 Rochester    2 Reviews

Over 14 years ago

The winters are very cold and some snow days can be quite challenging. The summers are great with very little humidty and  More

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Over 16 years ago

Back in the 1970's and early 1980's, Rochester was a nice quiet little town that people lived in to get away from the craziness of other areas in Oakland and Macomb  More

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