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Santa Barbara, CA vs Missoula, MT

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Highlights
- Missoula spends 23.0% less per student than Santa Barbara.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 32.6% lower in Missoula than in Santa Barbara. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Missoula had 10.3% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Santa Barbara
 Santa Barbara, CAMissoula, MTUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$12,865$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,158  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,770$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio21.01  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock4694573
 Students per Counselor539  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock97.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.18.5%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.50.5%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock12.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.6%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.7%1.5%
Reviews for Santa Barbara    51 Reviews

I moved to Santa Barbara around 23 years ago to study at Brooks, which like most of the Santa Barbara that I knew—has been destroyed. Homelessness, drugs, gangs, high  More

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Over 4 years ago

I fell in love with Santa Barbara about thirty years ago and finally moved here a few years ago. Because of the price of homes, it is an expensive place to live. The  More

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If you like high crime, paying a $4,500 a month mortgage and crazy high taxes, this is the place for you. It’s too bad because it wasn’t always like this. When I moved  More

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Reviews for Missoula    48 Reviews

I've lived here for 10 years and my view of the city has turned as we (barely) managed to buy a home, started a family, and the blight of homelessness has escalated out  More

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Over 5 years ago

I lived here for 6 years, and it never got any easier to live, I'm a Native American, these people her look down on us, I have been put in jail for sitting in a parking  More

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I have lived in Missoula on and off for the last 30 years, but consistently for the last 12. I met my wife and had my kids here. My father and my wife's entire family  More

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