2025 Compare Cities Education:
Cambridge, MD vs New Bern, NC

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Highlights
- New Bern spends 45.9% less per student than Cambridge.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 16.3% higher in New Bern than in Cambridge. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- New Bern had 0.2% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Cambridge
 Cambridge, MDNew Bern, NCUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,880$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$16,794  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,821$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.37  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock7044573
 Students per Counselor241  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock5.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.9.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock87.8%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.9%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock11.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.20.8%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock10.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.5%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.2%1.5%
Reviews for Cambridge    5 Reviews

Over 6 years ago

This city is a white male mecca, rampant racism and sexism are to be found here. Little else. Poor schools. No jobs. Large  More

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The politics and the taxes make living in Cambridge terrible. Property values are depressed because the taxes are too high. Not enough people paying heir own way or fair  More

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Over 16 years ago

Cambridge, Maryland offers many places to own a second home or retirement location with utilities and infrastructure to support many new people. Cambridge is about  More

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Reviews for New Bern    12 Reviews

Over 4 years ago

New Bern is a nice quiet town. The people are very nice. The cost of living is low which would be great if you are retiring from a big city. There is always a place eat,  More

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I’ve lived here for my hole Life I’m 12 and I just wanna say if u what snow every xmas and on Xmas don’t come here bc u won’t get it. Now if u want a very hot summer  More

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Over 5 years ago

My wife and I spent a week here and found it to be an enjoyable area. I have been looking to move to NC for a while now and I think this trip talked her into it.  More

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