2025 Compare Cities Education:
Bowie, MD vs New Brunswick, NJ

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Highlights
- New Brunswick spends 24.7% more per student than Bowie.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 12.4% lower in New Brunswick than in Bowie. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- New Brunswick had 31.0% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Bowie
 Bowie, MDNew Brunswick, NJUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$21,959$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$15,913  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,585$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.89  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock14524573
 Students per Counselor338  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock21.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock65.9%88.9%
 Some College Educ.19.7%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock3.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.48.8%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock6.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.8%1.5%
Reviews for Bowie    15 Reviews

Over 10 years ago

Bowie should have better department stores. One has to travel to another city to find a Nordstroms and other upscale stores. Bowie Towne Center seems to bring in lesser  More

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Over 10 years ago

I grew up in Bowie in the 1980s. At the time, despite being in PG County which was nicknamed DC's ugly city because its demographics and crime were similar to the  More

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Over 13 years ago

COST TO MUCH TO LIVE  More

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Reviews for New Brunswick    4 Reviews

As an undergrad at Rutgers University, New Brunswick, I have lived here for 4 years -- 2 inside the University dormitories on College Ave Campus and 2 in a rented house  More

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Over 16 years ago

Between the entitled drivers, Jersey manners, and new student drivers, nevermind insane bus drivers and trucks speeding on narrow streets, driving around here will  More

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It is sad to see the city that I was born in 1959 and lived until 1972 decline so. Not only is it overpriced, perhaps because of the university or it being a suburb for  More

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