2025 Compare Cities Education:
Hershey, PA vs Columbia, MD

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Highlights
- Columbia spends 1.0% more per student than Hershey.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 15.0% lower in Columbia than in Hershey. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Columbia had 7.8% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Hershey
 Hershey, PAColumbia, MDUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$17,912$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,386  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,381$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.84  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock3634573
 Students per Counselor390  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock95.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.13.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock5.7%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.46.8%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock23.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree5.5%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock5.7%1.5%
Reviews for Hershey    3 Reviews

Lived her most of my life, with a few years in locations close by. If moving to Central PA, Hershey is by far the best. It is a cute town where you will feel extremely  More

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Over 17 years ago

We moved to Hershey, PA 2 years ago and fell in love with it. It is a quaint town that hosts various community activities throughout the year. The schools are among  More

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Over 19 years ago

We live right next door to Hersheypark and there are many recreational programs within the city for  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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