2025 Compare Cities Education:
Poughkeepsie, NY vs Cincinnati, OH

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Highlights
- Cincinnati spends 40.0% less per student than Poughkeepsie.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 48.8% higher in Cincinnati than in Poughkeepsie. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Cincinnati had 1.1% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Poughkeepsie
 Poughkeepsie, NYCincinnati, OHUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$17,025$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$24,643  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,825$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio12.45  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock9414573
 Students per Counselor347  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.7.8%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock88.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.19.2%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.29.6%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock11.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.7%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.2%1.5%
Reviews for Poughkeepsie    10 Reviews

Over 7 years ago

I have mixed feelings about Poughkeepsie because there are equally as many things I love about that town as there are things I hate about it so I'm just going to write a  More

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Over 12 years ago

Prices are high here. housing is easily 25-30percent of our monthly  More

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Over 13 years ago

It'd be great if jobs were available. This city is OK but COL is so much higher in NY than where I was raised in South Maybe I should head  More

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Reviews for Cincinnati    113 Reviews

A native buckeye, I currently split my time between Cincinnati and Charleston, SC. We were considering leaving Cincinnati, but after reviewing other cities, I think  More

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Over 4 years ago

Lived in Cinti. and on UC faculty for over 40 years. The best move of my life is to have retired and left Cinti. for Tucson. In academics OSU far outranks UC and the  More

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What Bert has to say is a bit dated. The downtown area has made a great comeback over the past 10-15 years with Over the Rhine once being ranked America’s most dangerous  More

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