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Berkeley, CA vs Bellingham, WA

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Highlights
- Bellingham spends 3.2% less per student than Berkeley.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 20.8% lower in Bellingham than in Berkeley. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Bellingham had 1.7% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Berkeley

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 Berkeley, CABellingham, WAUnited States
 Expend. per Student$17,788$17,213$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,323$14,140$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$8,104$8,672$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio21.6117.1116.23
 Students per Librarian955512124573
 Students per Counselor603373530
 Grade School Educ.2.0%1.7%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.7%3.7%6.3%
 High School Educ.96.3%94.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.11.7%20.2%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.4.1%11.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.73.4%46.4%33.7%
 Masters Grad.23.2%12.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree7.2%2.7%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree9.8%3.3%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 Bellingham    58 Reviews

Over 2 years ago

I've lived in so many cities in 5 west coast states and have come to a conclusion that Bellingham is the greatest city to live, work, play and raise a family. After  More

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Over 3 years ago

From what I’ve seen and heard, the very liberal political/ethical beliefs of Bellingham residents, as well as the grey rainy weather, are the main things a few people  More

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If you’re like many Americans and caught up in right vs left you won’t like the far left here in Bellingham wa. If you put politics away and you enjoy skiing,  More

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ZIPS IN BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA
94704 94703 94702 94705 94707 94709 94708 94710 94720
ZIPS IN BELLINGHAM, WASHINGTON
98225 98226 98229

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