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Fort Wayne, IN vs Urbana, IL

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Highlights
- Urbana spends 53.6% more per student than Fort Wayne.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 14.2% lower in Urbana than in Fort Wayne. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Urbana had 7.7% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Fort Wayne

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 Fort Wayne, INUrbana, ILUnited States
 Expend. per Student$13,321$20,461$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,863$15,342$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$6,410$9,155$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.6513.4216.23
 Students per Librarian7006624573
 Students per Counselor3454486530
 Grade School Educ.5.1%1.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.6.0%2.7%6.3%
 High School Educ.88.9%95.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.21.9%15.1%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.10.1%6.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.28.0%59.5%33.7%
 Masters Grad.7.1%20.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.2%3.5%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree0.8%10.9%1.5%

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Reviews for Fort Wayne    43 Reviews

Over 1 years ago

Fort Wayne is what America used to be. Hardworking, unpretentious, welcoming. There are problems, like anywhere, including crime on the east side, but nothing like  More

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Over 5 years ago

Moved here from Buffalo, NY. Ft Wayne is a big city with lots of greenery and things to do. It is not congested and cost of living is cheap. One complain-drivers with  More

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I lived in Fort Wayne from 1962 until 1988 then moved north. Fort Wayne was a nice city at one time. It's sad to say, but today, it's become to highly populated with  More

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Reviews for Urbana    7 Reviews

This town is horrendous. I cannot figure out why they think they are so important, as they wouldn't even exist if the college was not here. Just another worthless 40,000  More

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Over 15 years ago

Greetings: Urbana is a good college town to live but it comes with the usual dependency on the university for most of its cultural entertainment. Thankfully, it has a  More

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Over 16 years ago

Urbana really doesn't have much in the way recreation unless, your into the partying scene and even then there are only a few hangout places. Urbana is more of a  More

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ZIPS IN FORT WAYNE, INDIANA
46825, 46804, 46815, 46806, 46805, 46818, 46808, 46816, 46807, 46802, 11 total
ZIPS IN URBANA, ILLINOIS
61801 61802

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