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Auburn, NY vs Columbia, MD

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Highlights
- Columbia spends 29.1% less per student than Auburn.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 14.6% higher in Columbia than in Auburn. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Columbia had 13.3% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Auburn
 Auburn, NYColumbia, MDUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$17,912$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$20,568  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,381$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio11.75  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock3634573
 Students per Counselor257  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.12.3%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock95.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.20.1%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock5.7%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.19.2%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock23.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.9%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock5.7%1.5%
Reviews for Auburn    3 Reviews

Over 14 years ago

as a child i grew up on the west side.auburn was a lovely place to grow up.my father worked at a local company called ALCO,a division of white motors.sadly many  More

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Have been looking for a year now and find it very  More

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Over 20 years ago

Auburn is a fairly affordable place to  More

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Reviews for Columbia    28 Reviews

Over 6 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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