2025 Compare Cities Education:
Columbia, TN vs Baltimore, MD

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Highlights
- Baltimore spends 112.3% more per student than Columbia.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 0.6% lower in Baltimore than in Columbia. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Baltimore had 3.8% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Columbia
 Columbia, TNBaltimore, MDUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$20,804$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,088  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$10,231$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.3  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock13844573
 Students per Counselor425  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock4.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.6.2%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock86.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.24.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock5.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.20.8%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock11.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.5%1.5%
Reviews for Columbia    7 Reviews

I was disturbed when I say old comments on this page. I recently moved to Columbia, TN. I saw associations with crime and other things that do not reflect what is by far  More

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Over 16 years ago

The jobs in Columbia, Tennessee are scarce in comparison to cities. It has been that way since the '90's. In the 90's General Electric and other major companies left the  More

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Over 17 years ago

Small old fashioned city. Not very progressive. great weather adequate schools no job growth. reasonable housing costs close to Nashville very few  More

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Reviews for Baltimore    101 Reviews

Bronx, Queens, Brooklyn , Detroit and the list goes on were all very bad 20 years ago . If you have a chance to visit them now . You'll wish you had moved in to those  More

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Over 4 years ago

Came to Balt a less, ended up balting a more. In all seriousness, its an okay  More

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I've lived in Baltimore, MD all of my life. I remember when Jobs were plentiful, food was to die for, the city was very diverse. After the 80's and drugs entered the  More

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