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Columbia, MD vs College Station, TX

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Highlights
- College Station spends 36.1% less per student than Columbia.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 2.5% higher in College Station than in Columbia. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- College Station had 0.4% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Columbia

Education
 Columbia, MDCollege Station, TXUnited States
 Expend. per Student$17,912$11,454$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$16,615$10,103$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$11,381$6,100$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.4613.7916.23
 Students per Librarian3637994573
 Students per Counselor331410530
 Grade School Educ.2.8%1.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.0%3.3%6.3%
 High School Educ.95.2%94.8%88.9%
 Some College Educ.14.0%17.0%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.5.7%6.7%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.62.8%58.0%33.7%
 Masters Grad.23.4%15.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.8%2.1%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree5.7%10.3%1.5%

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Reviews for Columbia    28 Reviews

Over 4 years ago

Lived here for a while, beautiful opportunities, pays well, overall nice  More

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Been here 30 years was great at first but once they added a transit bus from baltimore to columbia 15-18 years ago that was the beginning of the end. And about 5 years  More

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Columbia can be described in one word: unequal. The neighborhood I live in, River Hill, is jam-packed with almost million-dollar homes, while the neighborhoods of Long  More

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Reviews for College Station    21 Reviews

I moved here seven years ago for my job and I have to say it was better than I expected. First off, it is a small city not a small town. After you live here for  More

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Pros: - Safe - Easy access to Houston & Austin - Growing Bio Tech Scene - Lots of food choices - City of Bryan has character - Plenty of stuff to do because of the  More

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Over 3 years ago

A Huge portion of you liking this city is if you like the Aggies. If you don't this is probably not the place for you because many of the things to do are based around  More

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ZIPS IN COLUMBIA, MARYLAND
21044 21045 21046 21029
ZIPS IN COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS
77840 77845

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