2026 Compare Cities Education:
Carbondale, IL vs Greeley, CO

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Highlights
- Greeley spends 32.5% less per student than Carbondale.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 38.2% higher in Greeley than in Carbondale. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Greeley had 11.7% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Carbondale
 Carbondale, ILGreeley, COUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$12,873$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$16,077  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,749$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio12.29  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock7364573
 Students per Counselor482  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock9.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.4%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock83.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.25.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.45.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock7.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.6%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.2%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 18 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 Greeley    34 Reviews

Over 5 years ago

ive lived here for a while and its pretty  More

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I lived in Greeley, CO during my undergraduate for 4 years. I recently moved to go receive my graduate degree elsewhere. However, there are so many ups and downs of this  More

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Over 6 years ago

I also have lived in Greeley for 5 yrs. Greeley is full of crime, drug users, and thief's. People are rude. An dont get me started on everyone excepting free hand  More

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