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Bethesda, MD vs Providence, RI

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Highlights
- Providence spends 5.7% less per student than Bethesda.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 2.1% lower in Providence than in Bethesda. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Providence had 14.9% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Bethesda

Education
 Bethesda, MDProvidence, RIUnited States
 Expend. per Student$19,736$18,605$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$16,697$16,362$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$10,703$9,362$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.6313.3516.23
 Students per Librarian4909134573
 Students per Counselor292390530
 Grade School Educ.1.1%9.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.0.8%7.4%6.3%
 High School Educ.98.1%83.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.5.0%14.6%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.1.7%5.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.87.9%33.3%33.7%
 Masters Grad.28.6%9.5%9.3%
 Professional Degree17.5%3.5%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree13.1%2.9%1.5%

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Reviews for Bethesda    12 Reviews

Bethesda is awesome if you want to live near DC and in a relatively safe city that has few parking issues. Montgomery county has parking lots in downtown Bethesda and  More

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Amenities are plentiful, but costs continue to rise as do local and state taxes. Overall not a friendly place to  More

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Essentially an upscale suburb of Washington DC. Public transport is easy, there's plenty to do (though with none of the edginess of living closer in DC) and it's minutes  More

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Reviews for Providence    19 Reviews

Over 6 years ago

I think I hate this city more then my  More

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Over 8 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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ZIPS IN BETHESDA, MARYLAND
20817 20814 20816
ZIPS IN PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND
02909 02908 02907 02906 02905 02903 02912

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