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Bloomington, IL vs Fort Collins, CO

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Highlights
- Fort Collins spends 15.5% less per student than Bloomington.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 24.9% higher in Fort Collins than in Bloomington. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Fort Collins had 2.1% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Bloomington
 Bloomington, ILFort Collins, COUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$14,339$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$15,275  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,338$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.18  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock4844573
 Students per Counselor756  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock97.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.19.5%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.47.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock17.5%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.9%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock3.8%1.5%
Reviews for Bloomington    18 Reviews

If you're not from here it might be hard to figure out that Bloomington and Normal are actually one city mushed together, so make sure you look up info on Normal, IL  More

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Over 11 years ago

Bloomington-Normal as a city is full of resturants and movie theaters. The downtown bar scene is dominated by ISU, IWU, and HCC students. The colleges can have some fun  More

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Bloomington-Normal as a city is full of resturants and movie theaters. The downtown bar scene is dominated by ISU, IWU, and HCC students. The colleges can have some fun  More

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Reviews for Fort Collins    71 Reviews

Over 3 years ago

Moved my family here a few months ago and have been so disappointed. Housing is dismal - you get low quality and almost nothing for what you’re paying. The house we’re  More

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Over 4 years ago

There is a high cost of living in all of Colorado, and there is a train that runs through the town a honks its horn for about 5 min straight which is very annoying  More

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My family established our home in Larimer County in 1973; this area, Fort Collins, was a quaint, western-ish town we loved to visit. So I’ve visited FoCo multiple times  More

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