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Hillsboro, OR vs Columbia, MD

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Highlights
- Columbia spends 10.0% less per student than Hillsboro.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 26.1% lower in Columbia than in Hillsboro. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Columbia had 4.5% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Hillsboro

Education
 Hillsboro, ORColumbia, MDUnited States
 Expend. per Student$19,904$17,912$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,222$16,615$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$7,532$11,381$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.2113.4616.23
 Students per Librarian8093634573
 Students per Counselor251331530
 Grade School Educ.4.6%2.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.3%2.0%6.3%
 High School Educ.91.1%95.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.21.4%14.0%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.8.8%5.7%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.42.7%62.8%33.7%
 Masters Grad.12.0%23.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.4%4.8%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree4.6%5.7%1.5%

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Reviews for Hillsboro    10 Reviews

Hillsboro is definitely an improvement over Portland Oregon which went from a beautiful city to a major dump full of homelessness, garbage and crime. We had lived in  More

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Over 1 years ago

I've lived in HIllsboro twice. It is a very diverse part of Portland with tons of immigrants and the best rural flare in the  More

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We lived here for seven years. What we loved about it was it was close to family; everything was close for doctors, shopping, libraries, parks,etc; and much was in  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 HILLSBORO, OREGON
97124 97123
ZIPS IN COLUMBIA, MARYLAND
21044 21045 21046 21029

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