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Ann Arbor, MI vs Battle Creek, MI

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Highlights
- Battle Creek spends 17.9% less per student than Ann Arbor.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 7.7% higher in Battle Creek than in Ann Arbor. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Battle Creek had 8.1% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Ann Arbor

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 Ann Arbor, MIBattle Creek, MIUnited States
 Expend. per Student$16,020$13,157$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,455$11,533$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$7,754$6,737$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.1716.3416.23
 Students per Librarian64710094573
 Students per Counselor503542530
 Grade School Educ.0.8%2.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.4%7.3%6.3%
 High School Educ.97.8%89.9%88.9%
 Some College Educ.8.9%25.3%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.4.0%8.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.77.2%21.3%33.7%
 Masters Grad.26.8%6.5%9.3%
 Professional Degree8.3%0.9%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree11.6%0.5%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 Battle Creek    11 Reviews

Over 12 years ago

you need to really pay attention to the neighborhood you select. There are some great older neighborhoods with fantastic houses in the city, but those might only be one  More

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Over 12 years ago

Battle Creek is moderately ok in the summer months but any other time it is cold or cloudy and unpleasant. You better have warm clothes to survive the cold winter that  More

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Over 15 years ago

Battle Creek is a great place to raise a family. Sometimes hard to get people to move here but once here nobody wants to leave. Summers are absolutely beautiful. Yes  More

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ZIPS IN ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN
48103 48104 48105 48109
ZIPS IN BATTLE CREEK, MICHIGAN
49015 49017 49037

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