2025 Compare Cities Education:
Amherst, NY vs Towson, MD

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Highlights
- Towson spends 27.7% less per student than Amherst.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 26.7% higher in Towson than in Amherst. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Towson had 1.6% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Amherst
 Amherst, NYTowson, MDUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$16,935$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$19,132  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,409$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio11.41  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock6334573
 Students per Counselor319  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.8%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock96.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.14.7%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock4.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.56.8%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock21.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree5.1%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock4.9%1.5%
Reviews for Amherst    8 Reviews

Over 4 years ago

Safe and friendly town. You are 20 minutes away from anywhere in  More

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Over 15 years ago

Amherst is a safe suburban area where you can live without having to worry about the crime that may occur in Buffalo and in parts of any city in the United  More

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Over 17 years ago

Really glad I found this site as, I haven't found it easy to find honest data on crime rate in our cities. Thanx for the service, Ada  More

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Reviews for Towson    3 Reviews

Because Towson university is right here, and we're not too far from downtown Baltimore, there are many bus lines running in the area. The problem though is they rarely  More

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Crowded, crime on the rise , very expensive and tax  More

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My wife and I have lived in Towson for seven and a half years. It has many of the things we want in a community but it is not our dream place to live. We would like a  More

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