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Columbia, MD vs Cedar Falls, IA

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- Cedar Falls spends 24.1% less per student than Columbia.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 4.0% higher in Cedar Falls than in Columbia. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Cedar Falls had 1.5% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Columbia
 Columbia, MDCedar Falls, IAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$13,594$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$16,615  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,498$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.46  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock6944573
 Students per Counselor331  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock0.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.0%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock96.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.14.0%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.7%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.62.8%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock13.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.8%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock3.2%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 Cedar Falls    7 Reviews

Over 8 years ago

I lived in Cedar Falls while attending the University of Northern Iowa. It's a great college town. Main street is nice and there are plenty of restaurants to choose  More

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Over 12 years ago

We've lived in Cedar Falls since moving here from the great chicago land area in 2006. The school system in Cedar Falls and in Iowa in general if VERY strong.   More

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When I was preparing to moved to Cedar Falls, IA I was repeatedly met with the remark "IOWA!, what's there? corn?" But apart from the bitter winters, tornadoes, and  More

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