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Berkeley, CA vs Tuscaloosa, AL

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Highlights
- Tuscaloosa spends 33.4% less per student than Berkeley.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 11.0% lower in Tuscaloosa than in Berkeley. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Tuscaloosa had 6.5% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Berkeley
 Berkeley, CATuscaloosa, ALUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,846$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,323  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,597$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio21.61  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock5284573
 Students per Counselor603  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.7%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock90.1%88.9%
 Some College Educ.11.7%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock6.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.73.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock11.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree7.2%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock4.0%1.5%
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 12 years ago

We have the best climate -- summers and winters are mild. Lots of  More

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Over 14 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 Tuscaloosa    9 Reviews

This is the deal with Tuscaloosa. If you have strong family support that will keep you on track, you may be okay. Alabama has too many broken, uneducated, poor  More

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We've lived in Tuscaloosa for several years now. It's a diverse, friendly college town -- home of the University of Alabama and it's lovely campus -- that is relatively  More

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Tuscaloosa used to have some character. We had a decent live music scene, an up and coming artist community, affordable housing, and there were even several places for  More

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