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Salt Lake City, UT vs Columbus, GA

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Highlights
- Columbus spends 7.7% more per student than Salt Lake City.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 30.6% lower in Columbus than in Salt Lake City. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Columbus had 3.0% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Salt Lake City

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 Salt Lake City, UTColumbus, GAUnited States
 Expend. per Student$10,932$11,775$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$8,558$11,404$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$5,182$6,958$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio21.5814.9716.23
 Students per Librarian21916024573
 Students per Counselor543388530
 Grade School Educ.4.4%3.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.5%7.9%6.3%
 High School Educ.91.1%88.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.17.9%25.0%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.6.7%9.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.49.8%27.6%33.7%
 Masters Grad.13.4%8.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.6%1.8%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree3.5%1.1%1.5%

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Reviews for Salt Lake City    95 Reviews

I've lived in the Salt Lake City metro area for almost 10 years, and it has its pros and cons. Pros: -Beautiful mountains - even if you don't go, just look towards  More

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Salt Lake City feels like home. There are so many things to do and see. There are many families and one thing to look out for is, there are many cranes and high rises  More

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Reviews for Columbus    9 Reviews

I have lived here for 6.5 years. In-town is cute with nice restaurants and sometimes music. It hasn’t realized it’s full potential though. Houses are still reasonably  More

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no,nonono NEVER MOVE HERE FOR THE LOVE OF GOD. as someone who is almost out of highschool and i can finally go to my homecountry after 10 years of begging to move, never  More

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This once beautiful and safe town is now crime ridden and trashy courtesy of Theresa Tomlinson’s 2 terms as mayor. Even if you live in the north end you are no longer  More

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ZIPS IN SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH
84106, 84116, 84104, 84105, 84103, 84108, 84102, 84111, 84101, 84112, 12 total
ZIPS IN COLUMBUS, GEORGIA
31907, 31909, 31904, 31906, 31903, 31820, 31808, 31901, 31801, 31829, 10 total

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