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Berkeley, CA vs Irvine, CA

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Highlights
- Irvine spends 14.1% less per student than Berkeley.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 7.4% higher in Irvine than in Berkeley. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Irvine had 0.1% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Berkeley

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 Berkeley, CAIrvine, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student$17,788$15,277$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,323$12,911$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$8,104$8,037$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio21.6123.2116.23
 Students per Librarian9555163834573
 Students per Counselor603595530
 Grade School Educ.2.0%2.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.7%1.8%6.3%
 High School Educ.96.3%96.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.11.7%13.3%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.4.1%6.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.73.4%68.6%33.7%
 Masters Grad.23.2%20.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree7.2%5.2%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree9.8%4.6%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 Irvine    42 Reviews

We've lived in Irvine since '87. We have raised two children within the ISUD. Both are grown up. Sure, there have been many changes since then.. the City has  More

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I've lived in Irvine for 2 years and in Orange County for 10 so I'm pretty familiar with the area by now and all it has to offer. Perhaps my review of this place has  More

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I wouldn't live elsewhere. I originally moved to Irvine in 2002 from the Midwest, not knowing what it even was. I left and moved around a great deal locally in OC,  More

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ZIPS IN BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA
94704 94703 94702 94705 94707 94709 94708 94710 94720
ZIPS IN IRVINE, CALIFORNIA
92620 92618 92612 92604 92602 92614 92606 92603 92617

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