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Urbana, IL vs Columbus, OH

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Highlights
- Columbus spends 17.6% less per student than Urbana.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 31.9% higher in Columbus than in Urbana. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Columbus had 5.7% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Urbana

Education
 Urbana, ILColumbus, OHUnited States
 Expend. per Student$20,461$16,851$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$15,342$13,310$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$9,155$7,973$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.4217.716.23
 Students per Librarian6626944573
 Students per Counselor486388530
 Grade School Educ.1.6%3.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.7%6.2%6.3%
 High School Educ.95.7%90.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.15.1%20.3%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.6.6%7.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.59.5%37.9%33.7%
 Masters Grad.20.9%10.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.5%2.1%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree10.9%1.6%1.5%

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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 15 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 16 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 Columbus    156 Reviews

Ellenore · 
Over 1 years ago

I've lived here for my whole life! Awesome place to  More

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We lived in Columbus from 2014-2022, originally from Denver work has taken us to Charlotte, NC, Austin and Atlanta for perspective. One of our biggest reasons for  More

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Over 2 years ago

The city has nice areas and old/ugly areas that look like the remains of a civil war. The nice areas are pretty. Traffic isn't bad compared to Cali but the summer  More

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ZIPS IN URBANA, ILLINOIS
61801 61802
ZIPS IN COLUMBUS, OHIO
43228, 43229, 43207, 43232, 43224, 43204, 43235, 43110, 43201, 43219, 31 total

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