2025 Compare Cities Education:
Myrtle Beach, SC vs Salt Lake City, UT

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- Salt Lake City spends 12.6% less per student than Myrtle Beach.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 47.7% higher in Salt Lake City than in Myrtle Beach. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Salt Lake City had 0.7% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Myrtle Beach
 Myrtle Beach, SCSalt Lake City, UTUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$10,932$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,111  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,182$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.61  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock21914573
 Students per Counselor357  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock4.4%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.6.5%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock91.1%88.9%
 Some College Educ.20.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock6.7%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.30.5%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock13.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.1%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock3.5%1.5%
Reviews for Myrtle Beach    56 Reviews

Coming from Massachusetts and New York state, I loved the weather, beach and change of lifestyle. Being an outgoing friendly person I met some nice people here along  More

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We were looking for a new city, and Myrtle Beach had had enough press that we were curious to check it out. A 30something and 40something couple, both of us have  More

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If I could give 4.5 instead of 5 I would because Id like to see the traffic flow better with more red lights and see more money put in to landscaping the roadways and  More

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Reviews for Salt Lake City    95 Reviews

Over 1 years ago

I've lived in the Salt Lake City metro area for almost 10 years, and it has its pros and cons. Pros: -Beautiful mountains - even if you don't go, just look towards  More

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Over 4 years ago

Love it more  More

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Over 4 years ago

Salt Lake City feels like home. There are so many things to do and see. There are many families and one thing to look out for is, there are many cranes and high rises  More

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