2025 Compare Cities Education:
Columbia, MD vs Santa Ana, CA

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Highlights
- Santa Ana spends 14.7% less per student than Columbia.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 72.4% higher in Santa Ana than in Columbia. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Santa Ana had 33.4% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Columbia
 Columbia, MDSanta Ana, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,277$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$16,615  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,037$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.46  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock163834573
 Students per Counselor331  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock21.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.0%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock63.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.14.0%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock5.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.62.8%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock3.5%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.8%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.4%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 Santa Ana    15 Reviews

Over 7 years ago

The Suit Co is a family owned business dedicated to bringing you the best and most fashionable suits in the industry. Our company philosophy is to combine quality fabric  More

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Over 15 years ago

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I live in Santa Ana in a crappy economy, everyone is out to get everyone. Everyone is screwing everyone to get business. There are no jobs, most of people in the mid  More

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