2025 Compare Cities Education:
Suffern, NY vs Bridgewater, NJ

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Highlights
- Bridgewater spends 21.8% less per student than Suffern.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 12.7% lower in Bridgewater than in Suffern. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Bridgewater had 2.5% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Suffern
 Suffern, NYBridgewater, NJUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$23,575$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$27,847  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$12,279$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio12.44  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock9134573
 Students per Counselor318  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.7%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.4%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock94.9%88.9%
 Some College Educ.15.7%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock5.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.45.7%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock21.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.6%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock4.0%1.5%
Reviews for Suffern    4 Reviews

Over 10 years ago

Great place to raise a  More

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If you want to know what I can't stand about going to visit my parents in Suffern, it's the fact that the Hasidic Jews from other parts of the town of  More

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Suffern has express trains that allow you to get to NYC in under an hour. It has agrets bakery downtown (Crumbs) a movie theater with an organ, all different types of  More

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Reviews for Bridgewater    2 Reviews

I have lived here for 11 years,the quality of life is awesome, peaceful, quiet, very safe neighborhoods. Many areas the homes have an acre or more of property, so you  More

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Over 12 years ago

We enjoy very much where we live. Love NJ. However, we are looking to retire and on a more limited income, Nj is a difficult place to live. So, we are also open for  More

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