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Nevada City, CA vs Columbia, MD

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Highlights
- Columbia spends 19.5% less per student than Nevada City.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 29.0% lower in Columbia than in Nevada City. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Columbia had 0.4% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Nevada City
 Nevada City, CAColumbia, MDUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$17,912$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,261  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,381$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.97  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock3634573
 Students per Counselor433  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.8%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock95.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.26.6%  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 Degree4.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock5.7%1.5%
Reviews for Nevada City    6 Reviews

Over 8 years ago

I lived in Y.C Ca for 14 yrs and Nevada City became my favorite town to visit. The restaurants are great, the night life is mellow but you get a variety of music...shoos  More

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We are seriously considering a move to Nevada City. I have a lot of questions about what it will be like for a liberal-minded family with a teenage son. Will he find  More

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Over 10 years ago

I have been coming here since I was a child. I am from the bay area, the town I grew up in was small and I met my husband there. We raised our children there. The  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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