2025 Compare Cities Education:
Manhattan, NY vs Charleston, SC

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Highlights
- Charleston spends 48.2% less per student than Manhattan.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 4.5% higher in Charleston than in Manhattan. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Charleston had 8.4% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Manhattan
 Manhattan, NYCharleston, SCUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$18,933$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$29,176  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,530$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio12.35  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock5054573
 Students per Counselor2153  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.5.4%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock95.8%88.9%
 Some College Educ.9.8%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.62.6%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock13.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree7.6%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.9%1.5%
Reviews for Manhattan    2 Reviews

Over 2 years ago

Manhattan is a great place with lots to see and do. Exciting to visit and great to live if you have the  More

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This is the best city ever, it is very welcoming and there is a lot of fun things to do. I have lived her for 2 years now and have already had so many great experiences  More

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Reviews for Charleston    76 Reviews

Over 2 years ago

Charleston is beautiful and unique and incredibly special. If you don't believe me, just ask Anthony Bourdain in his Parts Unknown episode - and he was an insightful  More

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Serious lack of health care and "good old boys club" whereby doctors will not even see the patient but diagnose them based on referring doctor. My sister died there for  More

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Over 5 years ago

Boy, has this once beautiful town changed...for the worse! I initially moved here 20 years ago because the people were so nice, no traffic, great choice of hospitals,  More

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