2025 Compare Cities Education:
Boston, MA vs Columbus, OH

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Highlights
- Columbus spends 42.7% less per student than Boston.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 57.3% higher in Columbus than in Boston. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Columbus had 2.4% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Boston
 Boston, MAColumbus, OHUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$16,851$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$23,918  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,973$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio11.25  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock6944573
 Students per Counselor567  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.5.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock90.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.12.9%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.52.1%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock10.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree5.1%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.6%1.5%
Reviews for Boston    122 Reviews

Over 2 years ago

health care in the country, plenty of jobs, gorgeous architecture, cool neighborhoods, lots of great restaurants, and always something to do. The beautiful coast, the  More

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I've lived in/near Boston my whole life almost. It has many pros such as a big city feel, extremely safe, reliable train transportation, great food. However any pro  More

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I moved to MA from the country of Georgia in eastern Europe. Then traveled quite a bit in the U.S. Boston definitely has its own flavor. Suburbs offer okay schools,  More

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Reviews for Columbus    156 Reviews

Ellenore · 
Over 2 years ago

I've lived here for my whole life! Awesome place to  More

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We lived in Columbus from 2014-2022, originally from Denver work has taken us to Charlotte, NC, Austin and Atlanta for perspective. One of our biggest reasons for  More

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Over 3 years ago

The city has nice areas and old/ugly areas that look like the remains of a civil war. The nice areas are pretty. Traffic isn't bad compared to Cali but the summer  More

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