2025 Compare Cities Education:
Northampton, MA vs Mankato, MN

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Highlights
- Mankato spends 33.7% less per student than Northampton.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 41.5% higher in Mankato than in Northampton. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Mankato had 0.1% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Northampton
 Northampton, MAMankato, MNUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$14,198$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$18,434  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,208$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio10.95  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock4754573
 Students per Counselor364  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.7%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.5%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock93.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.11.9%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock13.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.62.3%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock9.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree5.3%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock3.0%1.5%
Reviews for Northampton    6 Reviews

I was born in Northampton in the 1960"s and have lived other places but always came back to live here. My two children were born here too. What draws be back to  More

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The greater Northampton, MA area is generally a pretty good place to live, if you're interested in Western MA or southern New England in general. MA is more affordable  More

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Northampton is a very progressive, diverse, liberal small city where you will find so much to do in just the downtown area alone. Music, shopping, restaurants, bars,  More

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Reviews for Mankato    4 Reviews

Mankato, MN is a small community that has some nice features (small concerts, theatre, parks, etc.) but unfortunately every time you turn around there is a new social  More

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It depends on what your view of culture is. For a city of about 60,000 it does have SOME. You need to look to find it. Start at Minnesota State, from national  More

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