2024 Compare Cities Education:
Dover, DE vs Albany, NY

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Highlights
- Albany spends 57.0% more per student than Dover.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 12.1% lower in Albany than in Dover. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Albany had 0.6% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Dover
 Dover, DEAlbany, NYUnited States
 Expend. per Student$16,576$26,020$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,812$20,333$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$8,755$13,104$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.3812.6416.23
 Students per Librarian12067774573
 Students per Counselor357248530
 Grade School Educ.2.2%4.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.9.1%6.2%6.3%
 High School Educ.88.8%89.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.6%16.0%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.10.1%9.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.25.9%44.1%33.7%
 Masters Grad.9.1%14.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.2%3.9%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree1.3%3.1%1.5%
Reviews for Dover    9 Reviews

Key points are "an excellent quality of life and a low crime rate" as well as low taxes. Delaware attracts the highest percentage of retirees, plus people of all other  More

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Dover, DE is a great placed to live. I work at OCEAN, which is a non profit organization that sponsors high school exchange students. We had foreign students reside in  More

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Over 6 years ago

Dover, like any town other than Newark, is very unsophisticated, boring, unfriendly, and uneducated. I've resided in many states and Delaware will be the state that I  More

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Reviews for Albany    56 Reviews

Over 2 years ago

I live relatively close to Albany, and I gotta say, its a great city. I think it has a lot of good places for food, good living spaces, nice jobs and offices, and I  More

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Over 4 years ago

I’ve lived just outside of Albany in Clifton Park and its always been decent for me. The town is nice and theres a lot to do. The prices are a little expensive including  More

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Over 4 years ago

Good place to retire. Walkable. Young people. Buses. Sidewalks. Feel safe here in Whitehall neighborhood. Plenty to do. Taxes in ny are high,but you get what you pay  More

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