2025 Compare Cities Education:
Champaign, IL vs Berkeley, CA

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Highlights
- Berkeley spends 13.1% less per student than Champaign.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 61.0% higher in Berkeley than in Champaign. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Berkeley had 2.3% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Champaign
 Champaign, ILBerkeley, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$17,788$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$15,342  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,104$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.42  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock95554573
 Students per Counselor486  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.3%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock96.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.18.0%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock4.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.51.9%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock23.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.2%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock9.8%1.5%
Reviews for Champaign    13 Reviews

Over 6 years ago

Pros - close to Chicago, has Parkland community college and lots of places to eat. There is a train station downtown that is really good. Beautiful deciduous trees and  More

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Over 8 years ago

I wonderful city with great  More

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Actually it's barely a nice place to live. The pros: Not terribly expensive - at one point the least expensive place to live in the country among modest sized  More

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Reviews for Berkeley    14 Reviews

Have lived in Berkeley for about 35 years now. Housing/Real Estate: If you're looking to move here, $1,000,000 will get you a small cottage in the "flats". Most of  More

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Over 12 years ago

We have the best climate -- summers and winters are mild. Lots of  More

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Over 14 years ago

The 60's have left Berkeley and now it is about MONEY...and the people there have plenty of it and nice hybrid cars (looks like 2 per household) and with a great bicycle  More

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