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Urbana, IL vs Portland, ME

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Highlights
- Portland spends 13.1% less per student than Urbana.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 14.8% lower in Portland than in Urbana. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Portland had 1.6% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Urbana

Education
 Urbana, ILPortland, MEUnited States
 Expend. per Student$20,461$17,788$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$15,342$16,112$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$9,155$9,700$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.4211.4416.23
 Students per Librarian6623604573
 Students per Counselor486265530
 Grade School Educ.1.6%3.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.7%2.7%6.3%
 High School Educ.95.7%94.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.15.1%16.6%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.6.6%6.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.59.5%56.5%33.7%
 Masters Grad.20.9%16.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.5%4.1%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree10.9%2.0%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 Portland    35 Reviews

Used to be great before the pandemic. Now people from out of state have ruined it by paying New York prices for real estate site unseen. Why would you live in Maine when  More

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Over 3 years ago

I have never lived here but the lack of Jimmy John’s is depressing and makes me wish I was deceased.  More

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Reggie · 
Over 6 years ago

I found out I was allergic to corn on the cob here. I would give Portland twelve thumbs downs if I could. My friend told me there was a subway here and I thought he  More

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ZIPS IN URBANA, ILLINOIS
61801 61802
ZIPS IN PORTLAND, MAINE
04103 04102 04101 04108 04109 04019

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