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Kalamazoo, MI vs Urbana, IL

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Highlights
- Urbana spends 34.3% more per student than Kalamazoo.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 22.5% lower in Urbana than in Kalamazoo. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Urbana had 5.0% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Kalamazoo

Education
 Kalamazoo, MIUrbana, ILUnited States
 Expend. per Student$15,237$20,461$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,821$15,342$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$6,940$9,155$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.3113.4216.23
 Students per Librarian7216624573
 Students per Counselor589486530
 Grade School Educ.2.9%1.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.5.9%2.7%6.3%
 High School Educ.91.2%95.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.5%15.1%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.9.5%6.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.37.2%59.5%33.7%
 Masters Grad.10.0%20.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.8%3.5%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree2.3%10.9%1.5%

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Reviews for Kalamazoo    31 Reviews

I have lived in Kalamazoo for over 17 years. Originally from Grand Rapids, and lived in the Zeeland / Holland are for quite a while. In comparison I absolutely hate  More

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I moved to Kalamazoo 20 years ago from Chicago. Coming from a large city, this is a nice change once you get use to the small things like lack of ethnic culture, any  More

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Over 8 years ago

Hi, My husband and I are considering relocating to the Kalamazoo area for his job and I'm just starting to do some research. We have elementary-aged children so good  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 KALAMAZOO, MICHIGAN
49006 49001 49008 49007 49074
ZIPS IN URBANA, ILLINOIS
61801 61802

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