2024 Compare Cities Education:
Columbia, SC vs Providence, RI

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Highlights
- Providence spends 8.4% more per student than Columbia.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 13.1% lower in Providence than in Columbia. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Providence had 7.7% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Columbia
 Columbia, SCProvidence, RIUnited States
 Expend. per Student$17,157$18,605$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,952$16,362$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$9,360$9,362$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.3613.3516.23
 Students per Librarian5749134573
 Students per Counselor336390530
 Grade School Educ.2.2%9.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.7.3%7.4%6.3%
 High School Educ.90.5%83.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.18.8%14.6%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.7.7%5.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.44.7%33.3%33.7%
 Masters Grad.11.7%9.5%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.5%3.5%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree3.3%2.9%1.5%
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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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 Providence    19 Reviews

Over 6 years ago

I think I hate this city more then my  More

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Over 8 years ago

I currently live in Rockford IL and just graduated college for broadcasting. I want to move out of this depressing, negative city and was thinking about Providence,  More

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And I've been to San Francisco and Seattle, so that's saying a lot. If you like pot, good for you, my annoyance is with all the people who smoke pot plainly in  More

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