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Cincinnati, OH vs Carbondale, IL

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Highlights
- Carbondale spends 12.1% more per student than Cincinnati.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 33.6% lower in Carbondale than in Cincinnati. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Carbondale had 6.8% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Cincinnati
 Cincinnati, OHCarbondale, ILUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$19,079$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,237  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,644$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.52  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock12404573
 Students per Counselor394  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.8.3%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock94.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.17.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.39.6%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock17.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.4%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock5.5%1.5%
Reviews for Cincinnati    113 Reviews

A native buckeye, I currently split my time between Cincinnati and Charleston, SC. We were considering leaving Cincinnati, but after reviewing other cities, I think  More

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Over 4 years ago

Lived in Cinti. and on UC faculty for over 40 years. The best move of my life is to have retired and left Cinti. for Tucson. In academics OSU far outranks UC and the  More

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What Bert has to say is a bit dated. The downtown area has made a great comeback over the past 10-15 years with Over the Rhine once being ranked America’s most dangerous  More

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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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