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Aspen, CO vs Columbia, MD

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Highlights
- Columbia spends 29.0% less per student than Aspen.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 7.2% higher in Columbia than in Aspen. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Columbia had 2.3% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Aspen
 Aspen, COColumbia, MDUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$17,912$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$20,199  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,381$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio12.56  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock3634573
 Students per Counselor312  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.4%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock95.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.15.7%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock5.7%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.65.0%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock23.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree6.4%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock5.7%1.5%
Reviews for Aspen    6 Reviews

Over 12 years ago

I've been living in valley for 6 years. I've moved here from right before crisis. It's good place to make money for young people, yeah..it still is. Though when I  More

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Over 12 years ago

beautiful cold and dry weather. Colorful  More

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In Winter the grocery store closest to the ski lifts is so packed full of people it is really difficult to move through the store, especially if you have a cart. It  More

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Reviews for Columbia    28 Reviews

Over 5 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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