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Urbana, IL vs Wheaton, IL

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Highlights
- Wheaton spends 7.6% more per student than Urbana.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 0.1% higher in Wheaton than in Urbana. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Wheaton had 0.8% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Urbana

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 Urbana, ILWheaton, ILUnited States
 Expend. per Student$20,461$22,018$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$15,342$18,682$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$9,155$11,697$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.4213.4316.23
 Students per Librarian6627094573
 Students per Counselor486535530
 Grade School Educ.1.6%2.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.7%1.2%6.3%
 High School Educ.95.7%96.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.15.1%14.0%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.6.6%7.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.59.5%64.5%33.7%
 Masters Grad.20.9%19.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.5%5.0%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree10.9%2.6%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 Wheaton    12 Reviews

Over 11 years ago

Wheaton is a pretty safe place to live. There are few major crimes that occur each year. It scored an 80 out of 1000 on City Data information.  More

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We moved here from the fast pace of a big city in another state and immediately loved the small town feel to Wheaton. It is a very nice place to live, and there is a lot  More

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Over 15 years ago

Housing is expensive but real estate taxes are even higher. I can no longer afford to live  More

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61801 61802
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