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Bozeman, MT vs Columbia, MD

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Highlights
- Columbia spends 18.1% more per student than Bozeman.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 12.2% lower in Columbia than in Bozeman. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Columbia had 3.1% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Bozeman
 Bozeman, MTColumbia, MDUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$17,912$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,384  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,381$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.33  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock3634573
 Students per Counselor309  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock95.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.17.7%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock5.7%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.63.8%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock23.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.7%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock5.7%1.5%
Reviews for Bozeman    60 Reviews

Over 2 years ago

My family is from the region, two generations back, and I spent both summers and winter holidays there with my grandparents (my parents only moved away in the 1960’s  More

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Over 4 years ago

I will love it more I keep saying they’re  More

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Over 4 years ago

Democrat transplants have turned Bozeman into a fetid rat race. It no longer looks like Montana, nor do the people there act like Montanans. Democrats are turning once  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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