2025 Compare Cities Education:
Tuscaloosa, AL vs Columbus, OH

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Highlights
- Columbus spends 42.3% more per student than Tuscaloosa.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 8.0% lower in Columbus than in Tuscaloosa. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Columbus had 0.2% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Tuscaloosa
 Tuscaloosa, ALColumbus, OHUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$16,851$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,927  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,973$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio19.24  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock6944573
 Students per Counselor396  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.7.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock90.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.18.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.37.6%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock10.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.1%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.6%1.5%
Reviews for Tuscaloosa    9 Reviews

This is the deal with Tuscaloosa. If you have strong family support that will keep you on track, you may be okay. Alabama has too many broken, uneducated, poor  More

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We've lived in Tuscaloosa for several years now. It's a diverse, friendly college town -- home of the University of Alabama and it's lovely campus -- that is relatively  More

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Tuscaloosa used to have some character. We had a decent live music scene, an up and coming artist community, affordable housing, and there were even several places for  More

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Reviews for Columbus    156 Reviews

Ellenore · 
Over 2 years ago

I've lived here for my whole life! Awesome place to  More

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We lived in Columbus from 2014-2022, originally from Denver work has taken us to Charlotte, NC, Austin and Atlanta for perspective. One of our biggest reasons for  More

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Over 3 years ago

The city has nice areas and old/ugly areas that look like the remains of a civil war. The nice areas are pretty. Traffic isn't bad compared to Cali but the summer  More

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