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Iowa City, IA vs Grand Forks, ND

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Highlights
- Grand Forks spends 7.4% less per student than Iowa City.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 13.4% lower in Grand Forks than in Iowa City. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Grand Forks had 2.1% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Iowa City

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 Iowa City, IAGrand Forks, NDUnited States
 Expend. per Student$17,755$16,440$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,983$13,451$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$7,669$8,635$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.8812.0216.23
 Students per Librarian5002574573
 Students per Counselor398318530
 Grade School Educ.1.6%1.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.3%3.0%6.3%
 High School Educ.97.2%95.1%88.9%
 Some College Educ.16.4%22.7%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.7.3%13.7%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.59.8%37.9%33.7%
 Masters Grad.17.1%8.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree5.1%2.5%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree8.0%3.0%1.5%

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Reviews for Iowa City    24 Reviews

Over 4 years ago

I was there 5 years. Nothing to do but we’ll go shopping... at Walmart. It lacks so many things. There is no experience here, it jumps on any political band wagon and  More

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Over 4 years ago

Entertainment lacks greatly - especially the Hancher shows. I was hoping after they rebuilt they would be getting better shows there, that didn't happen. One has to  More

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Over 6 years ago

Iowa City is great. It's diverse and never boring. There always a variety of new shops and restaurants to explore and try out. Also watching college kids do stupid  More

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Reviews for Grand Forks    21 Reviews

I lived here for about a year and I can't say many good things about it. I'll start with the positives, it has low crime rate and stores are all close by. Negatives  More

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Over 7 years ago

I am a black male and recently moved to the area do to a job offer. For the most part the people are friendly. However if you are black be prepared to give an  More

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Over 11 years ago

If you try to get a job here, please know that there is a strong culture of support for bullying and verbal abuse. The HR department openly supports and assists  More

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ZIPS IN IOWA CITY, IOWA
52240 52245 52246 52242
ZIPS IN GRAND FORKS, NORTH DAKOTA
58201 58203 58202

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