2025 Compare Cities Education:
Harrisonburg, VA vs Santa Barbara, CA

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Highlights
- Santa Barbara spends 16.2% more per student than Harrisonburg.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 44.2% higher in Santa Barbara than in Harrisonburg. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Santa Barbara had 5.5% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Harrisonburg
 Harrisonburg, VASanta Barbara, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$16,705$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,237  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,862$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.57  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock123874573
 Students per Counselor326  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock7.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.8.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock88.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.14.9%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.34.5%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock12.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.8%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock3.5%1.5%
Reviews for Harrisonburg    10 Reviews

Over 13 years ago

Harrisonburg is small town, yet has the same experiences that a big city offers (just on a smaller scale). The reason for the wealth of experiences is because H'burg is  More

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Any infomation on quality/cost of living will be graetly appreciated.  More

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Over 16 years ago

We moved to H'Burg in 2003 to enjoy a less expensive cost of living, closer proximity to family, low crime rate and better access to quality health care/facilities. We  More

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Reviews for Santa Barbara    51 Reviews

I moved to Santa Barbara around 23 years ago to study at Brooks, which like most of the Santa Barbara that I knew—has been destroyed. Homelessness, drugs, gangs, high  More

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Over 4 years ago

I fell in love with Santa Barbara about thirty years ago and finally moved here a few years ago. Because of the price of homes, it is an expensive place to live. The  More

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If you like high crime, paying a $4,500 a month mortgage and crazy high taxes, this is the place for you. It’s too bad because it wasn’t always like this. When I moved  More

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