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

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Highlights
- Mobile spends 39.9% less per student than Columbia.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 56.3% higher in Mobile than in Columbia. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Mobile had 5.9% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Columbia
 Columbia, MDMobile, ALUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$10,769$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$16,615  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,527$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.46  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock5794573
 Students per Counselor331  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.0%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock89.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.14.0%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.62.8%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock7.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.8%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.1%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 Mobile    37 Reviews

Over 4 years ago

Avoid at all costs weak job market bad schools discrimnation of disabled in workplace and schools , I have lived here most of my life and have been trying to get out  More

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someone freshly graduated from high school with no work experience can pick up a serving job and make more hourly than someone who works in an entry level healthcare  More

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Over 4 years ago

I lived in that City for almost 12 years I have nothing good to say about it I have nothing bad to say about it People especially the cops some cricket wrong doing  More

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