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Wilkes-Barre, PA vs Champaign, IL

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- Champaign spends 18.9% more per student than Wilkes-Barre.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 15.2% lower in Champaign than in Wilkes-Barre. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Champaign had 10.1% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Wilkes-Barre
 Wilkes-Barre, PAChampaign, ILUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$20,461$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,391  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,155$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.82  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock6624573
 Students per Counselor553  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.9.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock94.1%88.9%
 Some College Educ.17.5%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.18.6%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock19.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock8.1%1.5%
Reviews for Wilkes-Barre    2 Reviews

Over 5 years ago

I had the privilege of being born and raised here in Wilkes-Barre. Unfortunately, the town has deteriorated tremendously. I shall list pros vs.  More

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Over 18 years ago

Wilkes-Barre was a wonderful place to go to college. With two schools near each other (King's College and Wilkes College) the atmosphere was exciting. The city of itself  More

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Reviews for Champaign    13 Reviews

Over 6 years ago

Pros - close to Chicago, has Parkland community college and lots of places to eat. There is a train station downtown that is really good. Beautiful deciduous trees and  More

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Over 8 years ago

I wonderful city with great  More

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Actually it's barely a nice place to live. The pros: Not terribly expensive - at one point the least expensive place to live in the country among modest sized  More

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