2025 Compare Cities Education:
Lincoln, NE vs Burlington, VT

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Highlights
- Burlington spends 73.0% more per student than Lincoln.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 8.2% lower in Burlington than in Lincoln. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Burlington had 0.1% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Lincoln
 Lincoln, NEBurlington, VTUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$22,565$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,921  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$12,451$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.71  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock2964573
 Students per Counselor387  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.3%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.0%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock93.1%88.9%
 Some College Educ.20.9%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock6.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.40.1%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock15.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.2%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock3.6%1.5%
Reviews for Lincoln    67 Reviews

Over 4 years ago

I've lived in Lincoln since 1965. Since the Boosalis Administration the city has been in a slow continual decline despite a growing population. Downtown Lincoln is  More

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I grew up in Lincoln. As a child I have nothing but fond memories of this city. I moved around a few times, places including Crete, and Omaha. Lincoln gives you the best  More

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Over 5 years ago

I've lived in Lincoln for 7 years and love it. Communities are safe, and if you forget to close your garage door, neighbors will call you. There are lots of trails that  More

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Reviews for Burlington    32 Reviews

The good: beautiful, safe, walkable downtown, outdoors nearby. The bad: the woke nonsense is overwhelming, winters are long and brutal, dating scene is beyond  More

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Having lived in the Burlington VT area for more than a decade, I wish I would have done my research before relocating. Yes, VT has some great draws- but the cons far out  More

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Over 8 years ago

If your a hippie you'll love Burlington! The grass is green all year round.  More

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