2025 Compare Cities Education:
Cleveland, OH vs Columbia, MD

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Highlights
- Columbia spends 11.2% less per student than Cleveland.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 24.0% lower in Columbia than in Cleveland. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Columbia had 15.2% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Cleveland
 Cleveland, OHColumbia, MDUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$17,912$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$15,425  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,381$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.7  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock3634573
 Students per Counselor462  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.12.4%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock95.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.8%  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 Degree1.7%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock5.7%1.5%
Reviews for Cleveland    95 Reviews

Over 3 years ago

I live in a suburb right outside of Cleveland. I fear Cleveland gets a bad wrap in many people eyes. Although many families moved to the area for steel and auto  More

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I relocated to Cleveland 8 months ago from south of Columbus, OH. Having spent a lot of time in Columbus and central Ohio, I wanted to change. So I spontaneously decided  More

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Lived in Cleveland for 10 years. Loved it. Of course it has its issues, but there are a lot of great things about this city, and the people that live there should  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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