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Ann Arbor, MI vs Boston, MA

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Highlights
- Boston spends 83.5% more per student than Ann Arbor.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 25.8% lower in Boston than in Ann Arbor. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Boston had 9.8% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Ann Arbor

Education
 Ann Arbor, MIBoston, MAUnited States
 Expend. per Student$16,020$29,396$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,455$23,918$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$7,754$13,967$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.1711.2516.23
 Students per Librarian6477174573
 Students per Counselor503567530
 Grade School Educ.0.8%6.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.4%5.1%6.3%
 High School Educ.97.8%88.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.8.9%12.9%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.4.0%4.7%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.77.2%52.1%33.7%
 Masters Grad.26.8%15.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree8.3%5.1%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree11.6%3.6%1.5%

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Reviews for Ann Arbor    49 Reviews

Over 7 years ago

Highly educated city. traffic and parking is bad. university culture is nice, not sure about elsewhere. no good pizza! if you're looking for food, I recommend "a taste  More

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Uh, compared to my other favorite college towns this one lacks flavor. Safer and kinda pretty, but not the greenest place, it's fine. Good restaurants, music, art,  More

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Over 9 years ago

Ann Arbor bus service (AATA) is quite good. The Detroit Metro Airport is only a 20 min. drive away and is also quite good. The traffic in Ann Arbor is usually mild  More

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Reviews for Boston    122 Reviews

Over 1 years ago

health care in the country, plenty of jobs, gorgeous architecture, cool neighborhoods, lots of great restaurants, and always something to do. The beautiful coast, the  More

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I've lived in/near Boston my whole life almost. It has many pros such as a big city feel, extremely safe, reliable train transportation, great food. However any pro  More

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I moved to MA from the country of Georgia in eastern Europe. Then traveled quite a bit in the U.S. Boston definitely has its own flavor. Suburbs offer okay schools,  More

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