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Urbana, IL vs Plainfield, NJ

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Highlights
- Plainfield spends 14.3% more per student than Urbana.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 4.8% lower in Plainfield than in Urbana. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Plainfield had 18.8% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Urbana

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 Urbana, ILPlainfield, NJUnited States
 Expend. per Student$20,461$23,387$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$15,342$20,528$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$9,155$12,582$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.4212.7716.23
 Students per Librarian66212834573
 Students per Counselor486377530
 Grade School Educ.1.6%13.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.7%8.5%6.3%
 High School Educ.95.7%77.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.15.1%15.8%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.6.6%5.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.59.5%20.6%33.7%
 Masters Grad.20.9%4.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.5%1.2%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree10.9%0.7%1.5%

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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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Reviews for Plainfield    4 Reviews

Over 16 years ago

This city is not as bad as your Newark or Trenton, although it does have it's problems, murder rate is up in 08, and the primary gangs around town are the Bloods and  More

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Over 17 years ago

Just like anywhere else,there are good and bad areas in Plainfield. I would be careful on the West End, however the East end has beautiful homes that are in the millions  More

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Over 18 years ago

I and my wife moved here about 1.5 yrs ago. We are both professionals, and while we realize that Plainfield has its problems, it is not the cesspool so many think it is.  More

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ZIPS IN URBANA, ILLINOIS
61801 61802
ZIPS IN PLAINFIELD, NEW JERSEY
07060 07063 07062

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