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Fayetteville, NC vs New Brunswick, NJ

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- New Brunswick spends 117.2% more per student than Fayetteville.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 13.9% lower in New Brunswick than in Fayetteville. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- New Brunswick had 28.7% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Fayetteville
 Fayetteville, NCNew Brunswick, NJUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$21,959$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,614  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,585$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.14  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock14524573
 Students per Counselor307  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock21.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.5.3%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock65.9%88.9%
 Some College Educ.29.1%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock3.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.27.6%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock6.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.7%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.8%1.5%
Reviews for Fayetteville    46 Reviews

I have lived in Fayetteville for 21 years and I LOVE IT! Fayetteville is a military town and that is what brought my husband and I here originally. Since January 2000  More

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I've lived in the area for a little over ten years - after moving around to many, many places in my career - and I find that Fay is overall pretty much average. Most of  More

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I've lived in the area for a little over ten years - after moving around to many, many places in my career - and I find that Fay is overall pretty much average. Most of  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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