2025 Compare Cities Education:
Carrboro, NC vs Berkeley, CA

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Highlights
- Berkeley spends 14.4% more per student than Carrboro.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 65.1% higher in Berkeley than in Carrboro. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Berkeley had 0.8% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Carrboro
 Carrboro, NCBerkeley, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$17,788$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,405  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,104$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.09  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock95554573
 Students per Counselor280  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock96.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.14.5%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock4.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.68.6%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock23.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree8.1%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock9.8%1.5%
Reviews for Carrboro    4 Reviews

Over 13 years ago

Carrboro is basically a bedroom community, where people who work at or study at UNC over in Chapel Hill lay down for the night. All day they work at UNC only to pay the  More

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Carrboro has a strong civic life with a lot of local participation and visionary politics towards making a more sustainable and just community. The center of town has  More

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Over 15 years ago

climate is good, 4 seasons, winter is short with just a little  More

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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 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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