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Champaign, IL vs Marquette, MI

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Highlights
- Marquette spends 40.0% less per student than Champaign.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 23.0% higher in Marquette than in Champaign. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Marquette had 0.3% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Champaign
 Champaign, ILMarquette, MIUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$12,275$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$15,342  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,169$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.42  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock7534573
 Students per Counselor486  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.3%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock94.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.18.0%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.51.9%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock10.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.2%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.4%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 Marquette    11 Reviews

I've lived in Michigan most of my life, but traveled extensively throughout the US, so I can compare Marquette to many other cities. I still long to come back no matter  More

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A nice small affordable college town with a fairly accepting, laid back & liberal vibe, and a town with absolutely gorgeous natural surroundings. A town for Americans  More

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Over 7 years ago

I am not a native from here , so I am not biased. If you dream of having a big house for less then 400k this is your place. Very religious not in a bad way , but  More

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