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Urbana, IL vs Vicksburg, MS

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Highlights
- Vicksburg spends 12.7% less per student than Urbana.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 5.2% lower in Vicksburg than in Urbana. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Vicksburg had 10.0% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Urbana
 Urbana, ILVicksburg, MSUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$17,864$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$15,342  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,934$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.42  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock4644573
 Students per Counselor486  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.7%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.7%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock86.1%88.9%
 Some College Educ.15.1%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock12.7%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.59.5%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock7.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.5%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.4%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 Vicksburg    8 Reviews

I was born and raised in Vicksburg. I left for a town 25 miles south in 2015. Vicksburg was a great city when I was coming up. However, in the past 15 to so years, it  More

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Over 15 years ago

Nice People..Rich Culture....Just a great place to  More

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My son was attacked by two teenage thugs when he stopped in Vicksburg to do some laundry, find something to eat and recharge batteries for his electronics. Jake, my  More

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