2025 Compare Cities Education:
Columbia, MD vs Dallas, TX

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Highlights
- Dallas spends 26.5% less per student than Columbia.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 11.5% higher in Dallas than in Columbia. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Dallas had 16.4% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Columbia
 Columbia, MDDallas, TXUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$13,172$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$16,615  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,920$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.46  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock9714573
 Students per Counselor331  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock11.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.0%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock79.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.14.0%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock4.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.62.8%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock9.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.8%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.3%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 Dallas    228 Reviews

I seldom review anything but I was inspired by reading the other Dallas reviews to add my two cents. I’ve been here since 2015 and we hope to leave when we can get jobs  More

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I have lived in Dallas, as well as areas around the Dallas Metroplex, for over 20 years. With that said, what I have seen in that time, has not been overly pleasing; and  More

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There is only one thing I found to be relatively good in this city: upscale restaurants. The food is tasty but only in upscale restaurants, I am vegan, and still found  More

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