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Columbus, MS vs Iowa City, IA

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Highlights
- Iowa City spends 64.3% more per student than Columbus.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 0.7% lower in Iowa City than in Columbus. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Iowa City had 14.8% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Columbus
 Columbus, MSIowa City, IAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$17,755$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,214  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,669$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.98  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock5004573
 Students per Counselor323  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.10.3%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock97.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.21.2%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.24.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock17.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.5%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock8.0%1.5%
Reviews for Columbus    8 Reviews

Born and rased in Columbus, MS and I love MY City!!! Shopping is not as good as larger cities but you can find some Great shopping places for good prices. Dinning... We  More

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Over 14 years ago

I've lived in Columbus for a little while, having moved from a larger metro. If not for the lack of quality entertainment, the low general quality of people, the  More

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Over 16 years ago

I had the misfortunate of being born in Columbus,MS. I hated it my whole life and couldn't wait to get out of it. I left as soon as I was old enough to get married. I  More

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Reviews for Iowa City    24 Reviews

Over 5 years ago

I was there 5 years. Nothing to do but we’ll go shopping... at Walmart. It lacks so many things. There is no experience here, it jumps on any political band wagon and  More

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Over 5 years ago

Entertainment lacks greatly - especially the Hancher shows. I was hoping after they rebuilt they would be getting better shows there, that didn't happen. One has to  More

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Over 7 years ago

Iowa City is great. It's diverse and never boring. There always a variety of new shops and restaurants to explore and try out. Also watching college kids do stupid  More

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