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Columbia, MO vs Bridgeport, CT

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Highlights
- Bridgeport spends 61.4% more per student than Columbia.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 0.2% lower in Bridgeport than in Columbia. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Bridgeport had 18.7% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Columbia
 Columbia, MOBridgeport, CTUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$22,984$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,303  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$12,792$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio12.79  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock5064573
 Students per Counselor260  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock13.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.5%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock77.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.17.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock6.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.53.8%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock5.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.6%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.9%1.5%
Reviews for Columbia    41 Reviews

If you are an active person and love to be outdoors and go to college sporting events, Columbia is a great place to live! I run and bike and go to Mizzou events a lot. I  More

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Over 4 years ago

I've live in CoMo for 20 yrs. NOT sure about this state of the art water park??!! There are great parks but nothing else for families. NO zoo, museum, and definitely no  More

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I lived there for a year and hated every minute. Columbia reminded me of the San Francisco of the Midwest. It is overrun with homeless people. Law enforcement is  More

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Reviews for Bridgeport    17 Reviews

Over 11 years ago

Bridgeport Connecticut is a beautiful city and a wonderful place to live. I currently attend Central Magnet high school as well as the Bridgeport Aquaculture school and  More

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Over 13 years ago

I left Bridgeport in 1996, after bankruptcy changed it. I left looking for a better place to live. Funny thing is I haven't found it. I grew up in Bridgeport. What I  More

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Over 15 years ago

Bridgeport is the best place ever ive been livin here all my life i love it it aint as bad as people say it it they dont know wat they talkin  More

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