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Berkeley, CA vs Rochester, NY

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Highlights
- Rochester spends 52.5% more per student than Berkeley.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 45.5% lower in Rochester than in Berkeley. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Rochester had 14.4% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Berkeley

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 Berkeley, CARochester, NYUnited States
 Expend. per Student$17,788$27,131$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,323$21,397$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$8,104$13,281$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio21.6111.7816.23
 Students per Librarian95556654573
 Students per Counselor603265530
 Grade School Educ.2.0%5.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.7%11.9%6.3%
 High School Educ.96.3%82.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.11.7%17.8%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.4.1%9.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.73.4%28.8%33.7%
 Masters Grad.23.2%8.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree7.2%2.1%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree9.8%1.6%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 Rochester    79 Reviews

Stay out of the rougher patches, and you'll find a pretty solid city. I live within close proximity to it, and the crime from it DOES rub off on us (auto theft), but  More

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Rochester isn't perfect (I'll detail pros and cons), but it's certainly perfect for me and my husband. We've lived here for 4 years and are getting ready to purchase our  More

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Rochester is a scenic city with so much to offer in terms of things to do and having 4 seasons, except the summer is more like a long spring!! It's a relatively unknown  More

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ZIPS IN BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA
94704 94703 94702 94705 94707 94709 94708 94710 94720
ZIPS IN ROCHESTER, NEW YORK
14609, 14621, 14620, 14611, 14607, 14615, 14619, 14610, 14613, 14605, 14 total

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