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Miami, FL vs Towson, MD

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Highlights
- Towson spends 43.0% more per student than Miami.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 23.6% lower in Towson than in Miami. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Towson had 21.8% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Miami
 Miami, FLTowson, MDUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$16,935$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,524  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,409$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.93  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock6334573
 Students per Counselor439  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.9.3%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock96.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.12.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock4.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.33.1%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock21.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.9%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock4.9%1.5%
Reviews for Miami    189 Reviews

Over 1 years ago

Great vacation spot with the best clubs and food. Wynwood and the Miami Design District are the best, just be careful at night. Area tends to jack prices up around  More

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Miami is rapidly devolving into a filthy, crime ridden, unattractive extension of Central America and South America. The population is a bunch of rude entitled dependent  More

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Beautiful place, well into the late 20th Century ... clean, safe, fun, peaceful. Started seeing elements of crap, just a tiny bit, back around 1980. Now what changed  More

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Reviews for Towson    3 Reviews

Because Towson university is right here, and we're not too far from downtown Baltimore, there are many bus lines running in the area. The problem though is they rarely  More

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Crowded, crime on the rise , very expensive and tax  More

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My wife and I have lived in Towson for seven and a half years. It has many of the things we want in a community but it is not our dream place to live. We would like a  More

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