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Providence, RI vs Troy, MI

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- Troy spends 18.4% less per student than Providence.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 27.5% higher in Troy than in Providence. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Troy had 15.3% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Providence
 Providence, RITroy, MIUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,188$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$16,362  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,754$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.35  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock8094573
 Students per Counselor390  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.7.4%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock96.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.14.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.7%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.33.3%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock21.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.5%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock3.6%1.5%
Reviews for Providence    19 Reviews

Over 7 years ago

I think I hate this city more then my  More

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Over 9 years ago

I currently live in Rockford IL and just graduated college for broadcasting. I want to move out of this depressing, negative city and was thinking about Providence,  More

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And I've been to San Francisco and Seattle, so that's saying a lot. If you like pot, good for you, my annoyance is with all the people who smoke pot plainly in  More

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Reviews for Troy    9 Reviews

Over 4 years ago

, corruption is like  More

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Over 6 years ago

no one ever visited Troy, that writes this stuff,, Troy has a Black out, of any city corruption, most of the elected city are from the same zip code. and the heavy  More

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Over 8 years ago

This is the safest place to live in Michigan. The schools are ranked in the top of both the state and in the US. When our kids graduated 98% of the graduates went on  More

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