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Columbus, OH vs Tampa, FL

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Highlights
- Tampa spends 34.1% less per student than Columbus.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 2.6% lower in Tampa than in Columbus. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Tampa had 2.0% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Columbus

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 Columbus, OHTampa, FLUnited States
 Expend. per Student$16,851$11,103$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,310$9,438$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$7,973$6,009$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.717.2416.23
 Students per Librarian69410264573
 Students per Counselor388476530
 Grade School Educ.3.6%4.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.6.2%6.8%6.3%
 High School Educ.90.3%88.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.20.3%15.3%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.7.4%7.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.37.9%41.8%33.7%
 Masters Grad.10.0%10.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.1%4.4%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree1.6%2.0%1.5%

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Reviews for Columbus    156 Reviews

Ellenore · 
Over 1 years ago

I've lived here for my whole life! Awesome place to  More

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We lived in Columbus from 2014-2022, originally from Denver work has taken us to Charlotte, NC, Austin and Atlanta for perspective. One of our biggest reasons for  More

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Over 2 years ago

The city has nice areas and old/ugly areas that look like the remains of a civil war. The nice areas are pretty. Traffic isn't bad compared to Cali but the summer  More

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Reviews for Tampa    162 Reviews

The people in Tampa are fantastic but the city is a total bore. All events are always in South Tampa and never elsewhere, ie, North Tampa. The north end never  More

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Over 2 years ago

I've lived in small towns before and now for the past 25 years in this large metropolis. It's a very nice city. Lots of jobs, shopping restaurants, churches, Busch  More

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This is my favorite city that I have ever lived in. I am reading all of these terrible reviews for Tampa, but then when I read what people are writing, they are actually  More

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ZIPS IN COLUMBUS, OHIO
43228, 43229, 43207, 43232, 43224, 43204, 43235, 43110, 43201, 43219, 31 total
ZIPS IN TAMPA, FLORIDA
33647, 33612, 33610, 33604, 33611, 33629, 33607, 33603, 33606, 33609, 15 total

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