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Urbana, IL vs Carbondale, IL

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Highlights
- Carbondale spends 6.8% less per student than Urbana.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 8.4% lower in Carbondale than in Urbana. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Carbondale had 1.1% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Urbana
 Urbana, ILCarbondale, ILUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$19,079$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$15,342  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,644$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.42  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock12404573
 Students per Counselor486  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.7%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock94.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.15.1%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.59.5%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock17.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.5%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock5.5%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 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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