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Berkeley, CA vs Albany, CA

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Highlights
- Albany spends 0.0% less per student than Berkeley.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 0.0% lower in Albany than in Berkeley. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Albany had 0.4% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Berkeley

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 Berkeley, CAAlbany, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student$17,788$17,788$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,323$13,323$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$8,104$8,104$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio21.6121.6116.23
 Students per Librarian955595554573
 Students per Counselor603603530
 Grade School Educ.2.0%2.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.7%1.1%6.3%
 High School Educ.96.3%96.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.11.7%10.5%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.4.1%4.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.73.4%73.3%33.7%
 Masters Grad.23.2%25.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree7.2%4.1%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree9.8%10.4%1.5%

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Reviews for Berkeley    14 Reviews

Have lived in Berkeley for about 35 years now. Housing/Real Estate: If you're looking to move here, $1,000,000 will get you a small cottage in the "flats". Most of  More

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Over 11 years ago

We have the best climate -- summers and winters are mild. Lots of  More

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Over 13 years ago

The 60's have left Berkeley and now it is about MONEY...and the people there have plenty of it and nice hybrid cars (looks like 2 per household) and with a great bicycle  More

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Reviews for Albany    4 Reviews

Albany is one of the best places to live not only in California but the USA. Niche 2023 has ranked Albany the number one suburb in California and is consistently in the  More

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Over 12 years ago

Like many places in the Bay Area, there are some mixed-race couples and gay couples in Albany. What is really striking, though, is the number of families where both  More

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Albany was originally built as a railroad workers' town. So the bad news is that nearly every house was originally two, or at most three, bedrooms with one bath, about  More

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ZIPS IN BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA
94704 94703 94702 94705 94707 94709 94708 94710 94720
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94706

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