2025 Compare Cities Education:
Louisville, KY vs New Brunswick, NJ

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Highlights
- New Brunswick spends 40.6% more per student than Louisville.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 19.7% lower in New Brunswick than in Louisville. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- New Brunswick had 27.0% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Louisville
 Louisville, KYNew Brunswick, NJUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$21,959$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,255  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,585$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.15  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock14524573
 Students per Counselor227  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock21.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.6.7%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock65.9%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.1%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock3.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.31.6%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock6.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.1%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.8%1.5%
Reviews for Louisville    32 Reviews

Over 3 years ago

I've lived in Louisville for 68 years it's one of the best cities to live in. The worse thing about Louisville is how much it has grown. Crime has increased in downtown  More

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Over 4 years ago

I spent a day in Louisville as a tourist. Horrible. Nothing to see. Kind of decrepited. I wished I'd skipped it  More

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Over 4 years ago

Love/miss Louisville! Not to big, not to small. JUST PERFECT!  More

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Reviews for New Brunswick    4 Reviews

As an undergrad at Rutgers University, New Brunswick, I have lived here for 4 years -- 2 inside the University dormitories on College Ave Campus and 2 in a rented house  More

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Over 16 years ago

Between the entitled drivers, Jersey manners, and new student drivers, nevermind insane bus drivers and trucks speeding on narrow streets, driving around here will  More

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It is sad to see the city that I was born in 1959 and lived until 1972 decline so. Not only is it overpriced, perhaps because of the university or it being a suburb for  More

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