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Ann Arbor, MI vs Colorado Springs, CO

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Highlights
- Colorado Springs spends 21.8% less per student than Ann Arbor.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 12.5% higher in Colorado Springs than in Ann Arbor. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Colorado Springs had 4.0% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Ann Arbor

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 Ann Arbor, MIColorado Springs, COUnited States
 Expend. per Student$16,020$12,529$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,455$10,295$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$7,754$5,663$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.1717.0616.23
 Students per Librarian6476214573
 Students per Counselor503274530
 Grade School Educ.0.8%2.4%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.4%3.7%6.3%
 High School Educ.97.8%93.9%88.9%
 Some College Educ.8.9%24.0%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.4.0%10.7%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.77.2%40.2%33.7%
 Masters Grad.26.8%12.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree8.3%2.3%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree11.6%1.7%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 Colorado Springs    198 Reviews

Moved here from san diego. All expenses went up with exception to gas. San diego may not have an affordable housing market, but with all others equal san diego is still  More

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Moved here in the summer from one of the hottest places on earth and my quality of life has gone up dramatically. I can walk outside, there are enormous mountains to  More

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I have been in COS on and off for a couple years, finally making the permanent move several months ago. I have lived in Philly, Pittsburgh, Los Angeles, and Charlotte,  More

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ZIPS IN ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN
48103 48104 48105 48109
ZIPS IN COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO
80918, 80916, 80909, 80920, 80906, 80917, 80910, 80922, 80923, 80907, 21 total

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