2024 Compare Cities Education:
Vancouver, WA vs Berkeley, CA

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Highlights
- Berkeley spends 6.9% less per student than Vancouver.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 19.2% higher in Berkeley than in Vancouver. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Berkeley had 5.8% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Vancouver
 Vancouver, WABerkeley, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student$19,098$17,788$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,853$13,323$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$8,102$8,104$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.1321.6116.23
 Students per Librarian104295554573
 Students per Counselor373603530
 Grade School Educ.2.9%2.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.6.1%1.7%6.3%
 High School Educ.91.0%96.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.25.6%11.7%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.10.5%4.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.30.5%73.4%33.7%
 Masters Grad.7.6%23.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.8%7.2%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree1.3%9.8%1.5%
Reviews for Vancouver    57 Reviews

Over 3 years ago

This city has traffic similar to Seattle. I think some drivers here are aggressive and are not able to stay calm under stress. Although the rent prices seem reasonable I  More

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Plus no pone wants a new bridge it has been voted down a thousand times but now the city of Vancouver is going to try and sneak one in anyway and the nice small feeling  More

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The city is corrupt, department heads taking bribes, 2 yr community college almost destroyed because the faculty are making it into a 4 yr college. Mormon corruption  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 11 years ago

We have the best climate -- summers and winters are mild. Lots of  More

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Over 13 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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