2025 Compare Cities Education:
Columbia, MD vs Murray, UT

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Highlights
- Murray spends 39.0% less per student than Columbia.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 60.3% higher in Murray than in Columbia. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Murray had 0.5% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Columbia
 Columbia, MDMurray, UTUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$10,932$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$16,615  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,182$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.46  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock21914573
 Students per Counselor331  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.0%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock95.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.14.0%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.62.8%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock10.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.8%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.0%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 Murray    6 Reviews

Over 6 years ago

I've lived in Murray for the past 8 years and after reading the reviews here am compelled to write about our experience. We have seen little or no crime. Murray is safe.  More

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Over 7 years ago

We haven't lived here very long, I like all the grocery stores around the corner with 2 gas stations on 9th some of the streets are cute but I am hearing gunshots almost  More

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I am in the process of selling my condo in Murray, the area and building went from having working, clean tenants to a Mexican family of 6. The noise and trash left by  More

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