2025 Compare Cities Education:
Columbia, MD vs Portland, ME

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Highlights
- Portland spends 0.7% less per student than Columbia.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 15.0% lower in Portland than in Columbia. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Portland had 1.0% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Columbia
 Columbia, MDPortland, MEUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$17,788$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$16,615  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,700$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.46  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock3604573
 Students per Counselor331  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.0%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock94.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.14.0%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock6.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.62.8%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock16.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.8%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.0%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 Portland    35 Reviews

Used to be great before the pandemic. Now people from out of state have ruined it by paying New York prices for real estate site unseen. Why would you live in Maine when  More

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Over 4 years ago

I have never lived here but the lack of Jimmy John’s is depressing and makes me wish I was deceased.  More

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Reggie · 
Over 7 years ago

I found out I was allergic to corn on the cob here. I would give Portland twelve thumbs downs if I could. My friend told me there was a subway here and I thought he  More

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