2025 Compare Cities Education:
Columbia, MO vs Manhattan, KS

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Highlights
- Manhattan spends 34.8% more per student than Columbia.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 2.5% lower in Manhattan than in Columbia. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Manhattan had 0.2% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Columbia
 Columbia, MOManhattan, KSUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$19,192$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,303  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,256$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio12.79  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock3414573
 Students per Counselor260  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.4%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.5%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock95.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.17.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.53.8%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock14.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.6%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock7.9%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 Manhattan    33 Reviews

Over 9 years ago

I lived in your city briefly this past year of 2015. Liked it. The cost was a bit too high, but generally you have a decent town compared to some places I've visited. I  More

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Over 11 years ago

Manhattan is one of the best educational environments I have ever seen. The local school district is filled with passionate employees and the facilities are modern and  More

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Manhattan is a wonderful place to live if you are thinking about retiring here, want a family away from the big city, or if you are a college student. Because it is a  More

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