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Greensboro, NC vs Columbia, MD

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Highlights
- Columbia spends 68.2% more per student than Greensboro.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 11.9% lower in Columbia than in Greensboro. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Columbia had 5.5% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Greensboro

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 Greensboro, NCColumbia, MDUnited States
 Expend. per Student$10,652$17,912$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,101$16,615$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$6,180$11,381$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.2813.4616.23
 Students per Librarian6413634573
 Students per Counselor310331530
 Grade School Educ.3.7%2.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.6.0%2.0%6.3%
 High School Educ.90.2%95.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.20.4%14.0%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.9.0%5.7%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.39.5%62.8%33.7%
 Masters Grad.10.7%23.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.4%4.8%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree1.9%5.7%1.5%

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Reviews for Greensboro    55 Reviews

I have lived in Greensboro for almost 30 years. Moved here in the 8th grade from Long Beach California. We literally fell in love with this great state and Greensboro in  More

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Over 2 years ago

Born and raised here. Yes some crime like everywhere else, but overall, I'm not afraid to be out at night. You might like some areas right outside of the city..  More

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Can no longer afford the cost of living in Austin, Tx. Searching for a medium size town to move to in North Carolina. Family of 2 middle aged adults, one college age  More

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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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ZIPS IN GREENSBORO, NORTH CAROLINA
27406, 27410, 27407, 27405, 27455, 27403, 27401, 27408, 27409, 27214, 11 total
ZIPS IN COLUMBIA, MARYLAND
21044 21045 21046 21029

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