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Urbana, IL vs San Jose, CA

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Highlights
- San Jose spends 10.1% less per student than Urbana.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 60.9% higher in San Jose than in Urbana. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- San Jose had 10.7% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Urbana

Education
 Urbana, ILSan Jose, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student$20,461$18,401$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$15,342$14,141$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$9,155$8,804$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.4221.5916.23
 Students per Librarian66265284573
 Students per Counselor486646530
 Grade School Educ.1.6%8.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.7%5.9%6.3%
 High School Educ.95.7%85.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.15.1%16.2%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.6.6%7.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.59.5%45.4%33.7%
 Masters Grad.20.9%14.5%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.5%2.2%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree10.9%2.8%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 San Jose    90 Reviews

I've lived in west San Jose/Cambrian, between Los Gatos and Almaden SJ since 1997. This side of town somehow avoided the erosion of the American dream. Houses are  More

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I lived in San Jose for 40 years. That’s during the most exciting time when the Silicon Valley was booming with real technology and San Jose was ranked as the safest big  More

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Over 3 years ago

I've lived in San Jose, CA for 25 years. This city is being over run with crime and gangs. The cost of living is very high. Granted, you are so close to mountains,  More

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ZIPS IN URBANA, ILLINOIS
61801 61802
ZIPS IN SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA
95123, 95127, 95111, 95112, 95122, 95116, 95125, 95124, 95148, 95136, 31 total

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