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Columbus, OH vs Columbia, MD

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Highlights
- Columbia spends 6.3% more per student than Columbus.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 24.0% lower in Columbia than in Columbus. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Columbia had 5.5% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Columbus
 Columbus, OHColumbia, MDUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$17,912$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,310  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,381$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.7  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock3634573
 Students per Counselor388  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.6.2%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock95.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.20.3%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock5.7%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.37.9%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock23.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.1%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock5.7%1.5%
Reviews for Columbus    156 Reviews

Ellenore · 
Over 2 years ago

I've lived here for my whole life! Awesome place to  More

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We lived in Columbus from 2014-2022, originally from Denver work has taken us to Charlotte, NC, Austin and Atlanta for perspective. One of our biggest reasons for  More

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Over 3 years ago

The city has nice areas and old/ugly areas that look like the remains of a civil war. The nice areas are pretty. Traffic isn't bad compared to Cali but the summer  More

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Reviews for Columbia    28 Reviews

Over 5 years ago

Lived here for a while, beautiful opportunities, pays well, overall nice  More

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Been here 30 years was great at first but once they added a transit bus from baltimore to columbia 15-18 years ago that was the beginning of the end. And about 5 years  More

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Columbia can be described in one word: unequal. The neighborhood I live in, River Hill, is jam-packed with almost million-dollar homes, while the neighborhoods of Long  More

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