2025 Compare Cities Education:
Aspen, CO vs Bethesda, MD

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Highlights
- Bethesda spends 21.7% less per student than Aspen.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 8.5% higher in Bethesda than in Aspen. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Bethesda had 0.7% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Aspen
 Aspen, COBethesda, MDUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$19,736$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$20,199  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$10,703$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio12.56  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock4904573
 Students per Counselor312  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.4%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock98.1%88.9%
 Some College Educ.15.7%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock1.7%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.65.0%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock28.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree6.4%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock13.1%1.5%
Reviews for Aspen    6 Reviews

Over 12 years ago

I've been living in valley for 6 years. I've moved here from right before crisis. It's good place to make money for young people, yeah..it still is. Though when I  More

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Over 12 years ago

beautiful cold and dry weather. Colorful  More

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In Winter the grocery store closest to the ski lifts is so packed full of people it is really difficult to move through the store, especially if you have a cart. It  More

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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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