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Carbondale, IL vs Dothan, AL

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Highlights
- Dothan spends 39.2% less per student than Carbondale.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 63.4% higher in Dothan than in Carbondale. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Dothan had 6.3% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Carbondale
 Carbondale, ILDothan, ALUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,594$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$16,077  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,709$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio12.29  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock6534573
 Students per Counselor482  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.4%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock88.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.25.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.45.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock6.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.6%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.8%1.5%
Reviews for Carbondale    7 Reviews

I've lived in C'dale for over 30 years. I got an excellent education here - Giant City School was great, though fairly insular and not very diverse (among its drawbacks  More

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Over 17 years ago

I like Carbondale. It is relaxing and an easy way to go about getting a college degree. It has its ups and downs, mainly with the people in the town not recognizing the  More

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All of the comments are negative here and seem to me to be misleading. The idea that you have to have a lot of money in Carbondale is ridiculous. The price of cultural  More

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Reviews for Dothan    25 Reviews

This is my 3rd (maybe 4th) year living in dothan, and it is AMAZING!! I hear people say "the traffic is horrible" but it really is not. sure the traffic sometimes is  More

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Over 4 years ago

I grew up here. I will sum it up like this: the best decision I ever made was to move away from Dothan 20 years ago and the worst decision I ever made was to move back  More

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Over 4 years ago

I grew up in this horrible nothing city living here until in my early thirties and I left 20 years ago. I hated this place everyday and was so glad I left, it was the  More

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