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Columbia, MO vs Lebanon, NH

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Highlights
- Lebanon spends 73.8% more per student than Columbia.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 20.6% lower in Lebanon than in Columbia. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Lebanon had 2.3% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Columbia
 Columbia, MOLebanon, NHUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$24,738$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,303  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$13,883$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio12.79  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock2534573
 Students per Counselor260  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.5%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock93.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.17.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.53.8%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock15.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.6%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock6.4%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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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 Lebanon    3 Reviews

If you want an honest opinion, please keep reading. In total, our family has lived on and off in this area 10 years, first on one side of the river, then on the other.  More

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Life is just too difficult here for the regular person, particularly if you come from any other state. I have no idea why they claim the unemployment rate is so low when  More

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The Lebanon/Hanover, New Hampshire community is often rated among the best places to live in the country. Population, however, remains a scant 20,000 or so. We enjoy  More

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