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Champaign, IL vs Pittsburgh, PA

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Highlights
- Pittsburgh spends 13.9% more per student than Champaign.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 1.9% lower in Pittsburgh than in Champaign. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Pittsburgh had 0.7% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Champaign

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 Champaign, ILPittsburgh, PAUnited States
 Expend. per Student$20,461$23,300$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$15,342$17,801$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$9,155$11,006$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.4213.1616.23
 Students per Librarian6625424573
 Students per Counselor486327530
 Grade School Educ.1.6%2.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.3%4.6%6.3%
 High School Educ.94.1%93.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.18.0%14.9%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.7.2%8.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.51.9%45.7%33.7%
 Masters Grad.19.1%13.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.2%4.6%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree8.1%3.9%1.5%

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Reviews for Champaign    13 Reviews

Over 5 years ago

Pros - close to Chicago, has Parkland community college and lots of places to eat. There is a train station downtown that is really good. Beautiful deciduous trees and  More

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Over 7 years ago

I wonderful city with great  More

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Actually it's barely a nice place to live. The pros: Not terribly expensive - at one point the least expensive place to live in the country among modest sized  More

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Reviews for Pittsburgh    189 Reviews

I left Pittsburgh for Cleveland and boy do I appreciate Pittsburgh now. Parts of Pittsburgh are blue collar but sections like East Liberty, Shadyside, Squirrel Hill and  More

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Over 1 years ago

I will give Pittsburgh 5 Stars for the ability to raise a family but it certainly has deficits that I'll cover at the end. I grew up in a small river town 45 minutes  More

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As a custom home builder in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, I have had the opportunity to work in a number of different cities and towns across the state. In my experience,  More

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