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Los Angeles, CA vs Columbia, MD

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Highlights
- Columbia spends 2.8% more per student than Los Angeles.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 38.4% lower in Columbia than in Los Angeles. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Columbia had 21.5% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Los Angeles
 Los Angeles, CAColumbia, MDUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$17,912$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,374  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,381$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio21.86  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock3634573
 Students per Counselor380  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.8.6%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock95.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.17.2%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock5.7%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.36.2%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock23.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock5.7%1.5%
Reviews for Los Angeles    242 Reviews

Over 5 years ago

If I could give this place negative five stars, I would. Most of the people here are a giant waste of time. They are liars, manipulators, psychopaths, and sociopaths.  More

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Timothy · 

Even with the high costs of living and the sooty air, I feel there is no other place in USA that has access to oceans and beaches, cultural and recreational  More

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Over 5 years ago

Ahhh where to begin? Long summary so bare with me. Born and raised in this ****hole, after 25 years finally getting close to be able to move state as I dreamed, as I've  More

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Reviews for Columbia    28 Reviews

Over 6 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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