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Provo, UT vs Salem, OR

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Highlights
- Salem spends 73.6% more per student than Provo.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 24.5% lower in Salem than in Provo. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Salem had 4.6% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Provo

Education
 Provo, UTSalem, ORUnited States
 Expend. per Student$9,835$17,073$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$7,485$12,350$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$4,859$7,552$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio24.4318.4416.23
 Students per Librarian32936454573
 Students per Counselor556353530
 Grade School Educ.3.5%5.4%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.8%6.2%6.3%
 High School Educ.92.7%88.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.25.3%25.8%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.8.6%9.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.44.3%30.0%33.7%
 Masters Grad.8.7%8.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.6%1.8%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree2.4%1.4%1.5%

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Reviews for Provo    21 Reviews

Over 4 years ago

I was born in Provo and have lived in a few cities nearby my entire life. While I was raised in a semi-Mormon family, I am no longer LDS. I haven’t been for about 20  More

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Over 6 years ago

I live in Mississippi and im 15. Im looking for somewhere to relocate when I graduate college. Even though im 15 and I have a long way ahead before I even graduate  More

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Great Quality of life. People are  More

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Reviews for Salem    37 Reviews

After reading the reviews here, I had to come write my own. The problem I had with most of the reviews is that most were very opinion-based and seemed to assume everyone  More

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Moved here approx. 4 years ago from SW Michigan, but I've lived in 9 other cities & 5 other states. Salem is a very manageable sized city, with tons of parks, diverse  More

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Over 4 years ago

I'm a native 5th generation Oregonian, so bear in mind that I was born with webs between my toes! Anyway, I used to think it rained too much when I was young. Then I  More

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ZIPS IN PROVO, UTAH
84604 84606 84601
ZIPS IN SALEM, OREGON
97301 97302 97304 97306

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