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Columbia, MO vs Northampton, MA

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Highlights
- Northampton spends 50.3% more per student than Columbia.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 14.4% lower in Northampton than in Columbia. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Northampton had 1.8% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Columbia
 Columbia, MONorthampton, MAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$21,404$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,303  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,450$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio12.79  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock3414573
 Students per Counselor260  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.7%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.5%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock93.8%88.9%
 Some College Educ.17.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock5.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.53.8%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock22.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.6%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock6.9%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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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 Northampton    6 Reviews

I was born in Northampton in the 1960"s and have lived other places but always came back to live here. My two children were born here too. What draws be back to  More

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The greater Northampton, MA area is generally a pretty good place to live, if you're interested in Western MA or southern New England in general. MA is more affordable  More

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Northampton is a very progressive, diverse, liberal small city where you will find so much to do in just the downtown area alone. Music, shopping, restaurants, bars,  More

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