2025 Compare Cities Education:
Salt Lake City, UT vs Iowa City, IA

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- Iowa City spends 62.4% more per student than Salt Lake City.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 35.7% lower in Iowa City than in Salt Lake City. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Iowa City had 6.6% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Salt Lake City
 Salt Lake City, UTIowa City, IAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$17,755$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$8,558  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,669$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio21.58  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock5004573
 Students per Counselor543  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.5%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock97.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.17.9%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.49.8%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock17.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.6%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock8.0%1.5%
Reviews for Salt Lake City    95 Reviews

Over 1 years ago

I've lived in the Salt Lake City metro area for almost 10 years, and it has its pros and cons. Pros: -Beautiful mountains - even if you don't go, just look towards  More

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Over 4 years ago

Love it more  More

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Over 4 years ago

Salt Lake City feels like home. There are so many things to do and see. There are many families and one thing to look out for is, there are many cranes and high rises  More

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Reviews for Iowa City    24 Reviews

Over 5 years ago

I was there 5 years. Nothing to do but we’ll go shopping... at Walmart. It lacks so many things. There is no experience here, it jumps on any political band wagon and  More

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Over 5 years ago

Entertainment lacks greatly - especially the Hancher shows. I was hoping after they rebuilt they would be getting better shows there, that didn't happen. One has to  More

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Over 7 years ago

Iowa City is great. It's diverse and never boring. There always a variety of new shops and restaurants to explore and try out. Also watching college kids do stupid  More

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