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Columbia, SC vs Frisco, TX

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Highlights
- Frisco spends 13.1% less per student than Columbia.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 2.8% lower in Frisco than in Columbia. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Frisco had 6.2% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Columbia

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 Columbia, SCFrisco, TXUnited States
 Expend. per Student$17,157$14,902$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,952$9,587$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$9,360$6,140$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.3614.9316.23
 Students per Librarian5748004573
 Students per Counselor336405530
 Grade School Educ.2.2%2.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.7.3%1.8%6.3%
 High School Educ.90.5%96.1%88.9%
 Some College Educ.18.8%14.8%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.7.7%6.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.44.7%65.6%33.7%
 Masters Grad.11.7%22.5%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.5%2.8%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree3.3%1.7%1.5%

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Reviews for Columbia    50 Reviews

Over 1 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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I moved to Columbia for graduate school and although it is a giant step up from my small, out-of-state hometown, I became bored and restless here in less than a year.  More

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Reviews for Frisco    23 Reviews

If I had to select a sister city that reminds me of Frisco, it would be Irvine California in the county of Orange. Super safe city, great police and school districts,  More

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Over 2 years ago

I have lived here for 25 years, honestly, its the safest, most clean place in the USA. You just cant go wrong moving here. Many of the low rankings on this site are  More

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Amir · 
Over 2 years ago

Most overhyped city in the area. I wrote another post detailing this but wasn’t posted here for some reason. They purposely overhype the city through any means possible  More

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ZIPS IN COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA
29229, 29203, 29209, 29045, 29205, 29201, 29204, 29207, 29225, 29208, 10 total
ZIPS IN FRISCO, TEXAS
75034 75035

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