2024 Compare Cities Education:
Philadelphia, PA vs Champaign, IL

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Highlights
- Champaign spends 20.8% less per student than Philadelphia.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 10.8% lower in Champaign than in Philadelphia. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Champaign had 8.8% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Philadelphia
 Philadelphia, PAChampaign, ILUnited States
 Expend. per Student$25,843$20,461$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,192$15,342$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$7,842$9,155$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.0413.4216.23
 Students per Librarian23806624573
 Students per Counselor408486530
 Grade School Educ.5.1%1.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.8.4%4.3%6.3%
 High School Educ.86.6%94.1%88.9%
 Some College Educ.16.7%18.0%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.6.0%7.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.32.5%51.9%33.7%
 Masters Grad.9.3%19.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.0%4.2%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree1.8%8.1%1.5%
Reviews for Philadelphia    139 Reviews

Philadelphia is a very walkable and fun city to explore (albeit be aware of where not to explore at least at night). The city has beautiful old architecture , great  More

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I’m originally from New York City, then lived in a small city in upstate New York for eight years, then moved down to Philadelphia and have lived here for many years.  More

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Now the only reason some people disagree is because MONEY. If you live in “manayunk” (which I lived for 2 years) you can’t compare … you can’t compare your out skirt  More

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Reviews for Champaign    13 Reviews

Over 5 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 7 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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