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Urbana, IL vs Bellingham, WA

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Highlights
- Bellingham spends 15.9% less per student than Urbana.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 27.5% higher in Bellingham than in Urbana. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Bellingham had 1.1% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Urbana
 Urbana, ILBellingham, WAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$17,213$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$15,342  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,672$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.42  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock12124573
 Students per Counselor486  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.7%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.7%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock94.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.15.1%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock11.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.59.5%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock12.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.5%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock3.3%1.5%
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 16 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 17 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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Reviews for Bellingham    58 Reviews

Over 3 years ago

I've lived in so many cities in 5 west coast states and have come to a conclusion that Bellingham is the greatest city to live, work, play and raise a family. After  More

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Over 4 years ago

From what I’ve seen and heard, the very liberal political/ethical beliefs of Bellingham residents, as well as the grey rainy weather, are the main things a few people  More

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If you’re like many Americans and caught up in right vs left you won’t like the far left here in Bellingham wa. If you put politics away and you enjoy skiing,  More

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