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Columbia, SC vs Folsom, CA

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Highlights
- Folsom spends 11.2% less per student than Columbia.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 48.1% higher in Folsom than in Columbia. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Folsom had 2.5% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Columbia
 Columbia, SCFolsom, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,240$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,952  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,670$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.36  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock63214573
 Students per Counselor336  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.3%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.7.3%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock92.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.18.8%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.44.7%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock16.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.5%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.0%1.5%
Reviews for Columbia    50 Reviews

Over 3 years ago

I love living in Columbia! I recently graduated from USC and plan to stay. I read the reviews posted here and it shows that like many cities, your experience will depend  More

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Loved living in Columbia, SC prior to my job transfer. It's the perfect size - plenty to do, but still a laid back place. People are extremely friendly, there are  More

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Columbia is such a unique and underrated place. It has a lot of character and history, and good nature trails. Everything feels accessible (by car) and you can get from  More

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Reviews for Folsom    15 Reviews

Over 11 years ago

Folsom has the worst air quality of any city in the Sacramento region per Sac Metro Air Quality Management. Do not move there if u have any respiratory issues, or u like  More

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Over 13 years ago

Folsom is a great little town of about 70,000 people. A half hour from Sacramento, an hour and a half from Tahoe, it sits in a good location at about 320 feet altitude.  More

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I think Folsom is ideal in many ways but it shares Sacramento's lousy air quality (1.5 out of 100 per this site). Sometimes it's worse than Sacramento when a smog  More

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