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Champaign, IL vs Iowa City, IA

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Highlights
- Iowa City spends 13.2% less per student than Champaign.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 3.4% higher in Iowa City than in Champaign. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Iowa City had 3.2% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Champaign

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 Champaign, ILIowa City, IAUnited States
 Expend. per Student$20,461$17,755$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$15,342$11,983$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$9,155$7,669$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.4213.8816.23
 Students per Librarian6625004573
 Students per Counselor486398530
 Grade School Educ.1.6%1.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.3%1.3%6.3%
 High School Educ.94.1%97.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.18.0%16.4%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.7.2%7.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.51.9%59.8%33.7%
 Masters Grad.19.1%17.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.2%5.1%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree8.1%8.0%1.5%

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Reviews for Champaign    13 Reviews

Over 5 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 7 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 Iowa City    24 Reviews

Over 4 years ago

I was there 5 years. Nothing to do but we’ll go shopping... at Walmart. It lacks so many things. There is no experience here, it jumps on any political band wagon and  More

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Over 4 years ago

Entertainment lacks greatly - especially the Hancher shows. I was hoping after they rebuilt they would be getting better shows there, that didn't happen. One has to  More

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Over 6 years ago

Iowa City is great. It's diverse and never boring. There always a variety of new shops and restaurants to explore and try out. Also watching college kids do stupid  More

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ZIPS IN CHAMPAIGN, ILLINOIS
61820 61821 61822
ZIPS IN IOWA CITY, IOWA
52240 52245 52246 52242

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