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University of California-Santa Barbara, CA vs Providence, RI

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- Providence spends 11.4% more per student than University of California-Santa Barbara.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 36.5% lower in Providence than in University of California-Santa Barbara. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Providence had 15.4% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to University of California-Santa Barbara
 University of California-Santa Barbara, CAProvidence, RIUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$18,605$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,158  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,362$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio21.01  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock9134573
 Students per Counselor539  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock9.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.0.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock83.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.6.3%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock5.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.85.5%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock9.5%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.7%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.9%1.5%
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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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