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Palm Bay, FL vs Columbia, MD

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Highlights
- Columbia spends 67.2% more per student than Palm Bay.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 17.7% lower in Columbia than in Palm Bay. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Columbia had 6.7% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Palm Bay
 Palm Bay, FLColumbia, MDUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$17,912$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,148  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,381$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio16.35  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock3634573
 Students per Counselor397  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.7.3%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock95.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.24.0%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock5.7%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.21.3%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock23.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.6%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock5.7%1.5%
Reviews for Palm Bay    27 Reviews

I moved to Palm Bay in 2020 and the cost of living has skyrocketed! A two bedroom apartment was around $900/month in 2020. Now it's $1600 and up. Mostly up. A three  More

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My family of 4 have lived here in NW Palm Bay for over 10 years. My wife and my son from another marriage lived here for over 7 before that. I myself have lived here for  More

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I lived in Palm Bay for 12 years. It's a very unfriendly and crowded place to live. It's well into the 90's from late April till right around the 10th of November. 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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