2025 Compare Cities Education:
Columbia, MD vs Bridgewater, NJ

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Highlights
- Bridgewater spends 31.6% more per student than Columbia.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 19.3% lower in Bridgewater than in Columbia. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Bridgewater had 0.3% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Columbia
 Columbia, MDBridgewater, NJUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$23,575$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$16,615  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$12,279$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.46  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock9134573
 Students per Counselor331  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.7%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.0%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock94.9%88.9%
 Some College Educ.14.0%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock5.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.62.8%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock21.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.8%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock4.0%1.5%
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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Reviews for Bridgewater    2 Reviews

I have lived here for 11 years,the quality of life is awesome, peaceful, quiet, very safe neighborhoods. Many areas the homes have an acre or more of property, so you  More

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Over 12 years ago

We enjoy very much where we live. Love NJ. However, we are looking to retire and on a more limited income, Nj is a difficult place to live. So, we are also open for  More

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