2025 Compare Cities Education:
Manhattan, NY vs Vancouver, WA

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Highlights
- Vancouver spends 47.8% less per student than Manhattan.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 46.8% higher in Vancouver than in Manhattan. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Vancouver had 3.0% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Manhattan
 Manhattan, NYVancouver, WAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$19,098$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$29,176  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,102$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio12.35  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock10424573
 Students per Counselor2153  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.5.4%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock91.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.9.8%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.62.6%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock7.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree7.6%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.3%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 Vancouver    57 Reviews

Over 4 years ago

This city has traffic similar to Seattle. I think some drivers here are aggressive and are not able to stay calm under stress. Although the rent prices seem reasonable I  More

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Plus no pone wants a new bridge it has been voted down a thousand times but now the city of Vancouver is going to try and sneak one in anyway and the nice small feeling  More

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The city is corrupt, department heads taking bribes, 2 yr community college almost destroyed because the faculty are making it into a 4 yr college. Mormon corruption  More

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