2025 Compare Cities Education:
New City, NY vs Santa Barbara, CA

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Highlights
- Santa Barbara spends 44.6% less per student than New City.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 68.9% higher in Santa Barbara than in New City. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Santa Barbara had 6.2% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to New City
 New City, NYSanta Barbara, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$16,705$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$27,847  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,862$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio12.44  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock123874573
 Students per Counselor318  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock7.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.5%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock88.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.13.0%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.58.6%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock12.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree5.3%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock3.5%1.5%
Reviews for New City    3 Reviews

Over 15 years ago

Safe place to live. Rates high every year in America's safest places to  More

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Our family has lived here for 18 yrs. This community consist of 35 sky scrapers,55,000 cooperators. Playgrounds,3 interior shopping centers and 2 exterior. The public  More

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A vibrant, young population with a median age of 34, Rockland's communities have a small-town ambience with tree-lined streets, boutiques and antique shops, well-laid  More

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Reviews for Santa Barbara    51 Reviews

I moved to Santa Barbara around 23 years ago to study at Brooks, which like most of the Santa Barbara that I knew—has been destroyed. Homelessness, drugs, gangs, high  More

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Over 4 years ago

I fell in love with Santa Barbara about thirty years ago and finally moved here a few years ago. Because of the price of homes, it is an expensive place to live. The  More

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If you like high crime, paying a $4,500 a month mortgage and crazy high taxes, this is the place for you. It’s too bad because it wasn’t always like this. When I moved  More

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