2025 Compare Cities Education:
Carbondale, IL vs Pittsburgh, PA

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Highlights
- Pittsburgh spends 22.1% more per student than Carbondale.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 7.1% higher in Pittsburgh than in Carbondale. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Pittsburgh had 1.3% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Carbondale
 Carbondale, ILPittsburgh, PAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$23,300$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$16,077  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,006$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio12.29  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock5424573
 Students per Counselor482  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.4%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock93.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.25.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.45.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock13.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.6%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock3.9%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 Pittsburgh    189 Reviews

I left Pittsburgh for Cleveland and boy do I appreciate Pittsburgh now. Parts of Pittsburgh are blue collar but sections like East Liberty, Shadyside, Squirrel Hill and  More

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Over 2 years ago

I will give Pittsburgh 5 Stars for the ability to raise a family but it certainly has deficits that I'll cover at the end. I grew up in a small river town 45 minutes  More

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As a custom home builder in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, I have had the opportunity to work in a number of different cities and towns across the state. In my experience,  More

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