2025 Compare Cities Education:
Goshen, IN vs Columbia, MO

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Highlights
- Columbia spends 4.8% more per student than Goshen.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 16.1% lower in Columbia than in Goshen. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Columbia had 18.3% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Goshen
 Goshen, INColumbia, MOUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$14,237$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,846  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,199$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.24  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock4524573
 Students per Counselor437  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.11.4%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock95.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.18.0%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock6.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.25.3%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock15.5%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.5%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock5.3%1.5%
Reviews for Goshen    4 Reviews

Over 16 years ago

Long dark cold windy winters and hot humid summers. Though this spring was pleasant in previous years spring seemed to last only a few weeks before summer is upon us.   More

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Over 17 years ago

Long dark winters and 15 hours of sunlight in the summer  More

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Over 17 years ago

When it comes to the weather in Goshen, it is hit or miss. When it calls for rain or snow the weathermen are right about 25% of the time. Of course, they did predict  More

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Reviews for Columbia    41 Reviews

If you are an active person and love to be outdoors and go to college sporting events, Columbia is a great place to live! I run and bike and go to Mizzou events a lot. I  More

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Over 4 years ago

I've live in CoMo for 20 yrs. NOT sure about this state of the art water park??!! There are great parks but nothing else for families. NO zoo, museum, and definitely no  More

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I lived there for a year and hated every minute. Columbia reminded me of the San Francisco of the Midwest. It is overrun with homeless people. Law enforcement is  More

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