2025 Compare Cities Education:
Columbia, MO vs Phoenix, AZ

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Highlights
- Phoenix spends 25.8% less per student than Columbia.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 42.6% higher in Phoenix than in Columbia. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Phoenix had 12.5% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Columbia
 Columbia, MOPhoenix, AZUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$10,564$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,303  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$4,810$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio12.79  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock23484573
 Students per Counselor260  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock8.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.5%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock83.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.17.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.53.8%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock8.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.6%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.2%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 Phoenix    449 Reviews

Over 1 years ago

As someone that has worked in Phoenix for close to 20 years now. There is great areas to eat at, great opportunities for premium small businesses to set up shop and even  More

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Over 1 years ago

Phoenix is a city of potential and definitely has a bad reputation that is not completely deserved all throughout the city itself. There is tons of things to do, places  More

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Phoenix has tons of the best places to shop and eat at bar none due to it being the big city. Downtown is definitely underrated. There also is some nice new developments  More

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