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Ann Arbor, MI vs Kalamazoo, MI

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Highlights
- Kalamazoo spends 4.9% less per student than Ann Arbor.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 14.1% higher in Kalamazoo than in Ann Arbor. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Kalamazoo had 6.7% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Ann Arbor

Education
 Ann Arbor, MIKalamazoo, MIUnited States
 Expend. per Student$16,020$15,237$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,455$11,821$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$7,754$6,940$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.1717.3116.23
 Students per Librarian6477214573
 Students per Counselor503589530
 Grade School Educ.0.8%2.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.4%5.9%6.3%
 High School Educ.97.8%91.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.8.9%22.5%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.4.0%9.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.77.2%37.2%33.7%
 Masters Grad.26.8%10.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree8.3%1.8%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree11.6%2.3%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 Kalamazoo    31 Reviews

I have lived in Kalamazoo for over 17 years. Originally from Grand Rapids, and lived in the Zeeland / Holland are for quite a while. In comparison I absolutely hate  More

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I moved to Kalamazoo 20 years ago from Chicago. Coming from a large city, this is a nice change once you get use to the small things like lack of ethnic culture, any  More

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Over 8 years ago

Hi, My husband and I are considering relocating to the Kalamazoo area for his job and I'm just starting to do some research. We have elementary-aged children so good  More

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