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Mechanicsburg, PA vs Columbia, MD

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Highlights
- Columbia spends 2.7% less per student than Mechanicsburg.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 6.9% lower in Columbia than in Mechanicsburg. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Columbia had 1.6% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Mechanicsburg
 Mechanicsburg, PAColumbia, MDUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$17,912$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,693  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,381$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.46  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock3634573
 Students per Counselor279  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.2%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock95.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.14.7%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock5.7%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.41.8%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock23.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.9%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock5.7%1.5%
Reviews for Mechanicsburg    3 Reviews

Over 8 years ago

We moved here in the summer of 2016 from out of state with high hopes and for all the right reasons > job, family (my husband, a Penn State grad, was born & raised in  More

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Over 12 years ago

Greetings everyone, I grew up in Allentown PA and moved to Mechanicsburg in 2000 when attempting to reconcile with my ex-wife. My son had just started kindergarten  More

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Over 16 years ago

It is reserve and  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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