2025 Compare Cities Education:
Columbia, MO vs Champaign, IL

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Highlights
- Champaign spends 43.7% more per student than Columbia.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 4.9% higher in Champaign than in Columbia. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Champaign had 1.4% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Columbia
 Columbia, MOChampaign, ILUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$20,461$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,303  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,155$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio12.79  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock6624573
 Students per Counselor260  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.5%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock94.1%88.9%
 Some College Educ.17.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.53.8%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock19.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.6%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock8.1%1.5%
Reviews for Columbia    41 Reviews

If you are an active person and love to be outdoors and go to college sporting events, Columbia is a great place to live! I run and bike and go to Mizzou events a lot. I  More

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Over 4 years ago

I've live in CoMo for 20 yrs. NOT sure about this state of the art water park??!! There are great parks but nothing else for families. NO zoo, museum, and definitely no  More

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I lived there for a year and hated every minute. Columbia reminded me of the San Francisco of the Midwest. It is overrun with homeless people. Law enforcement is  More

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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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