2024 Compare Cities Education:
Champaign, IL vs Raleigh, NC

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Highlights
- Raleigh spends 43.2% less per student than Champaign.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 12.6% higher in Raleigh than in Champaign. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Raleigh had 1.9% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Champaign
 Champaign, ILRaleigh, NCUnited States
 Expend. per Student$20,461$11,618$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$15,342$9,531$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$9,155$6,316$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.4215.1116.23
 Students per Librarian6628294573
 Students per Counselor486300530
 Grade School Educ.1.6%3.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.3%4.1%6.3%
 High School Educ.94.1%92.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.18.0%16.9%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.7.2%7.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.51.9%52.4%33.7%
 Masters Grad.19.1%13.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.2%3.5%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree8.1%2.5%1.5%
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 Raleigh    224 Reviews

I moved to Raleigh in 2018. Before that, I lived in Orange County CA, Boulder CO, South Africa, Northern California, Arizona, and Toronto. I say all this to give  More

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Excellent for a great many people or categories of people. As far as prices: ratio of wage and job opportunity here with housing remains one of the better ones in the  More

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Over 1 years ago

I attended university here in the early 90s and came back around 2005 and never left. I'm surprised at the other negative reviews honestly. Yes, housing is pricey in  More

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