2025 Compare Cities Education:
Columbus, OH vs Champaign, IL

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Highlights
- Champaign spends 21.4% more per student than Columbus.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 24.2% lower in Champaign than in Columbus. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Champaign had 4.3% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Columbus
 Columbus, OHChampaign, ILUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$20,461$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,310  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,155$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.7  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock6624573
 Students per Counselor388  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.6.2%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock94.1%88.9%
 Some College Educ.20.3%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.37.9%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock19.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.1%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock8.1%1.5%
Reviews for Columbus    156 Reviews

Ellenore · 
Over 2 years ago

I've lived here for my whole life! Awesome place to  More

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We lived in Columbus from 2014-2022, originally from Denver work has taken us to Charlotte, NC, Austin and Atlanta for perspective. One of our biggest reasons for  More

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Over 3 years ago

The city has nice areas and old/ugly areas that look like the remains of a civil war. The nice areas are pretty. Traffic isn't bad compared to Cali but the summer  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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