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Urbana, IL vs Richmond, VA

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Highlights
- Richmond spends 24.5% less per student than Urbana.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 7.4% higher in Richmond than in Urbana. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Richmond had 8.4% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Urbana

Education
 Urbana, ILRichmond, VAUnited States
 Expend. per Student$20,461$15,456$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$15,342$14,373$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$9,155$8,210$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.4214.4116.23
 Students per Librarian6622414573
 Students per Counselor486272530
 Grade School Educ.1.6%4.7%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.7%7.6%6.3%
 High School Educ.95.7%87.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.15.1%19.2%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.6.6%5.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.59.5%43.1%33.7%
 Masters Grad.20.9%12.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.5%3.7%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree10.9%2.2%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 Richmond    109 Reviews

Over 2 years ago

Lived here for a year and it’s not perfect but it’s constantly improving now (areas redevloped, more businesses, job growth). Cost of living is great compared to  More

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Over 3 years ago

We love Richmond so much that when we talk about where we'd like to live if we could live anywhere in the US, we always come back to RVA. We live in the city proper  More

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Over 3 years ago

I'm an out-of-towner but am coming up on 1 year in Richmond. I would summarize it this way: the best thing and the worst thing about Richmond is its location. I'll  More

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ZIPS IN URBANA, ILLINOIS
61801 61802
ZIPS IN RICHMOND, VIRGINIA
23223, 23225, 23224, 23220, 23227, 23222, 23226, 23221, 23230, 23219, 11 total

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