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State College, PA vs Charleston, SC

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Highlights
- Charleston spends 17.7% less per student than State College.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 4.4% higher in Charleston than in State College. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Charleston had 3.0% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to State College

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 State College, PACharleston, SCUnited States
 Expend. per Student$23,010$18,933$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$18,158$12,188$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$10,990$6,530$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio12.3712.9116.23
 Students per Librarian3525054573
 Students per Counselor301284530
 Grade School Educ.0.4%1.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.0.8%3.1%6.3%
 High School Educ.98.8%95.8%88.9%
 Some College Educ.8.8%16.1%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.6.5%7.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.70.3%55.7%33.7%
 Masters Grad.21.9%13.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.7%4.8%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree17.3%2.9%1.5%

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Reviews for State College    27 Reviews

I relocated to State College about 30 years ago. We hadn’t planned to stay this long, but life here is “easy”. Outdoor activities are ample. There are many beautiful  More

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State College is a small "safe" town, you will always see friends, coworkers, physicians, mechanics, supervisors...at the doctor's office, in the store, near your home,  More

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Over 14 years ago

I lived in State College, PA all my life untill 2006 when we finally moved south where it was warmer. State College itself is a fun place to be when it comes to football  More

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Reviews for Charleston    76 Reviews

Over 1 years ago

Charleston is beautiful and unique and incredibly special. If you don't believe me, just ask Anthony Bourdain in his Parts Unknown episode - and he was an insightful  More

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Serious lack of health care and "good old boys club" whereby doctors will not even see the patient but diagnose them based on referring doctor. My sister died there for  More

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Over 4 years ago

Boy, has this once beautiful town changed...for the worse! I initially moved here 20 years ago because the people were so nice, no traffic, great choice of hospitals,  More

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ZIPS IN STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA
16801 16802
ZIPS IN CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA
29412, 29414, 29407, 29403, 29455, 29492, 29401, 29450, 29409, 29424, 10 total

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