2025 Compare Cities Education:
Park City, UT vs Columbia, MD

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Highlights
- Columbia spends 18.8% more per student than Park City.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 23.2% lower in Columbia than in Park City. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Columbia had 2.7% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Park City
 Park City, UTColumbia, MDUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$17,912$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,556  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,381$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.53  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock3634573
 Students per Counselor340  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.0.0%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock95.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.14.2%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock5.7%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.66.5%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock23.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree5.6%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock5.7%1.5%
Reviews for Park City    12 Reviews

I lived in Park City for 6 years. Vail purchase of resort(s) and capacity reached in school system have caused a real estate bubble, in my opinion, with 500-1,000 per  More

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we have lived there off and on for 27 years and love it in the winter and summer, the muddy months starting in april are not so good but we head back to calif. at that  More

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Over 9 years ago

I like this town  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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