2025 Compare Cities Education:
Columbia, MD vs Madison, AL

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Highlights
- Madison spends 37.6% less per student than Columbia.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 39.2% higher in Madison than in Columbia. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Madison had 1.8% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Columbia
 Columbia, MDMadison, ALUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,176$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$16,615  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,898$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.46  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock5644573
 Students per Counselor331  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock0.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.0%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock96.9%88.9%
 Some College Educ.14.0%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock6.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.62.8%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock22.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.8%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock3.3%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 Madison    11 Reviews

Over 1 years ago

My wife and I moved from Atlanta, GA area in 2016 when I retired. We have now lived in Huntsville for 4 years and now in Madison for almost 4 years. We were thinking  More

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Low crime. Traffic not too bad even during peak times. Covert classim and racism. A stick with our own mentality. Not very diverse primarily just blacks and whites.  More

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Madison is nice. The schools are excellent, which is why we chose to live here. The job market is good for anyone with an engineering degree or ex military, but for  More

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