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Berkeley, CA vs Raleigh, NC

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Highlights
- Raleigh spends 34.7% less per student than Berkeley.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 30.1% lower in Raleigh than in Berkeley. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Raleigh had 4.1% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Berkeley

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 Berkeley, CARaleigh, NCUnited States
 Expend. per Student$17,788$11,618$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,323$9,531$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$8,104$6,316$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio21.6115.1116.23
 Students per Librarian95558294573
 Students per Counselor603300530
 Grade School Educ.2.0%3.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.7%4.1%6.3%
 High School Educ.96.3%92.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.11.7%16.9%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.4.1%7.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.73.4%52.4%33.7%
 Masters Grad.23.2%13.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree7.2%3.5%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree9.8%2.5%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 Raleigh    224 Reviews

I moved to Raleigh in 2018. Before that, I lived in Orange County CA, Boulder CO, South Africa, Northern California, Arizona, and Toronto. I say all this to give  More

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Excellent for a great many people or categories of people. As far as prices: ratio of wage and job opportunity here with housing remains one of the better ones in the  More

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Over 1 years ago

I attended university here in the early 90s and came back around 2005 and never left. I'm surprised at the other negative reviews honestly. Yes, housing is pricey in  More

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ZIPS IN BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA
94704 94703 94702 94705 94707 94709 94708 94710 94720
ZIPS IN RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA
27610, 27603, 27616, 27604, 27606, 27613, 27615, 27612, 27614, 27609, 15 total

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