2025 Compare Cities Education:
Albany, CA vs Merced, CA

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Highlights
- Merced spends 19.4% less per student than Albany.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 2.7% higher in Merced than in Albany. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Merced had 23.2% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Albany
 Albany, CAMerced, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$14,332$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,323  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,391$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio21.61  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock61024573
 Students per Counselor603  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock14.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock74.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.10.5%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.73.3%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock4.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.1%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.1%1.5%
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 13 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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Reviews for Merced    44 Reviews

Merced is totally slept on - you want a little bit of everything CA has to offer, at a fraction of the price of other CA cities? Merced is the place to go. The town  More

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Over 5 years ago

Good place to live. More affordable than most of california. The city is growing and there is alot of business and growth here. Moved from the Bay area years ago and  More

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Great place to live. Lots of progress and changes coming to the city. Great place to raise a family. UC Merced is expanding and businesses are investing. Downtown is  More

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