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Tampa, FL vs Champaign, IL

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Highlights
- Champaign spends 84.3% more per student than Tampa.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 22.2% lower in Champaign than in Tampa. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Champaign had 6.5% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Tampa

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 Tampa, FLChampaign, ILUnited States
 Expend. per Student$11,103$20,461$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,438$15,342$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$6,009$9,155$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.2413.4216.23
 Students per Librarian10266624573
 Students per Counselor476486530
 Grade School Educ.4.8%1.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.6.8%4.3%6.3%
 High School Educ.88.4%94.1%88.9%
 Some College Educ.15.3%18.0%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.7.9%7.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.41.8%51.9%33.7%
 Masters Grad.10.6%19.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.4%4.2%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree2.0%8.1%1.5%

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Reviews for Tampa    162 Reviews

The people in Tampa are fantastic but the city is a total bore. All events are always in South Tampa and never elsewhere, ie, North Tampa. The north end never  More

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Over 2 years ago

I've lived in small towns before and now for the past 25 years in this large metropolis. It's a very nice city. Lots of jobs, shopping restaurants, churches, Busch  More

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This is my favorite city that I have ever lived in. I am reading all of these terrible reviews for Tampa, but then when I read what people are writing, they are actually  More

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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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33647, 33612, 33610, 33604, 33611, 33629, 33607, 33603, 33606, 33609, 15 total
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