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Miami, FL vs Carbondale, IL

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Highlights
- Carbondale spends 61.2% more per student than Miami.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 35.1% lower in Carbondale than in Miami. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Carbondale had 19.6% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Miami
 Miami, FLCarbondale, ILUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$19,079$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,524  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,644$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.93  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock12404573
 Students per Counselor439  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.9.3%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock94.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.12.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.33.1%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock17.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.9%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock5.5%1.5%
Reviews for Miami    189 Reviews

Over 1 years ago

Great vacation spot with the best clubs and food. Wynwood and the Miami Design District are the best, just be careful at night. Area tends to jack prices up around  More

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Miami is rapidly devolving into a filthy, crime ridden, unattractive extension of Central America and South America. The population is a bunch of rude entitled dependent  More

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Beautiful place, well into the late 20th Century ... clean, safe, fun, peaceful. Started seeing elements of crap, just a tiny bit, back around 1980. Now what changed  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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