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Binghamton, NY vs Urbana, IL

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Highlights
- Urbana spends 25.4% less per student than Binghamton.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 5.8% higher in Urbana than in Binghamton. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Urbana had 11.1% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Binghamton

Education
 Binghamton, NYUrbana, ILUnited States
 Expend. per Student$27,434$20,461$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$22,458$15,342$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$14,765$9,155$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio12.6913.4216.23
 Students per Librarian13296624573
 Students per Counselor307486530
 Grade School Educ.4.8%1.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.9.0%2.7%6.3%
 High School Educ.86.2%95.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.18.8%15.1%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.9.8%6.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.28.9%59.5%33.7%
 Masters Grad.9.9%20.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.5%3.5%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree1.6%10.9%1.5%

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Reviews for Binghamton    29 Reviews

Marg · 

Very cool place with loads of popular restaurants (some award winning), hiking, winter activities/sports, fishing, boating, central location -making it SO EASY for  More

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Over 3 years ago

I can't understand the strong negativity, at least not totally. I have been here for a while now and have been (years ago). Back in the big recession there were some  More

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Over 3 years ago

I've lived in this area my whole life-all 23 years of it. Even in my lifetime about half the businesses I remember are now boarded up often with no replacements. So many  More

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Reviews for Urbana    7 Reviews

This town is horrendous. I cannot figure out why they think they are so important, as they wouldn't even exist if the college was not here. Just another worthless 40,000  More

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Over 15 years ago

Greetings: Urbana is a good college town to live but it comes with the usual dependency on the university for most of its cultural entertainment. Thankfully, it has a  More

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Over 16 years ago

Urbana really doesn't have much in the way recreation unless, your into the partying scene and even then there are only a few hangout places. Urbana is more of a  More

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ZIPS IN BINGHAMTON, NEW YORK
13905 13903 13904
ZIPS IN URBANA, ILLINOIS
61801 61802

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