2025 Compare Cities Education:
Tucson, AZ vs Towson, MD

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Highlights
- Towson spends 57.4% more per student than Tucson.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 13.2% lower in Towson than in Tucson. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Towson had 11.9% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Tucson
 Tucson, AZTowson, MDUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$16,935$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$8,897  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,409$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio16.66  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock6334573
 Students per Counselor519  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.8.5%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock96.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.25.7%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock4.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.28.9%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock21.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.4%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock4.9%1.5%
Reviews for Tucson    287 Reviews

My wife and I characterize ourselves as a young couple, well educated, with decent positions and we’re Tucson natives. We’ve observed our quality of life from both a  More

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I was reading the reviews for Tucson, and after living there for 6 years, I feel the need to weigh in. There are many pros in Tucson: access to recreational areas,  More

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I spend considerable time in and around Tucson, and I've see it rapidly going "downhill" since 2020. It's definitely not the nice town I remember from when I was a  More

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Reviews for Towson    3 Reviews

Because Towson university is right here, and we're not too far from downtown Baltimore, there are many bus lines running in the area. The problem though is they rarely  More

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Crowded, crime on the rise , very expensive and tax  More

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My wife and I have lived in Towson for seven and a half years. It has many of the things we want in a community but it is not our dream place to live. We would like a  More

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