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Ann Arbor, MI vs East Lansing, MI

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Highlights
- East Lansing spends 4.2% less per student than Ann Arbor.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 12.2% higher in East Lansing than in Ann Arbor. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- East Lansing had 0.1% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Ann Arbor

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 Ann Arbor, MIEast Lansing, MIUnited States
 Expend. per Student$16,020$15,353$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,455$11,728$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$7,754$6,708$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.1717.0216.23
 Students per Librarian64711244573
 Students per Counselor503726530
 Grade School Educ.0.8%1.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.4%1.2%6.3%
 High School Educ.97.8%97.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.8.9%14.0%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.4.0%4.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.77.2%68.3%33.7%
 Masters Grad.26.8%20.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree8.3%7.5%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree11.6%10.6%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 East Lansing    4 Reviews

East Lansing is a wonderful, lively, youthful college town that has gotten better over time. You feel the strong Spartan Spirit everywhere as students, alumni and locals  More

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East Lansing is noted for being the home of one of the first Land Grant colleges -- Michigan State University. MSU has an large campus with an enormous area of land  More

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Over 16 years ago

East Lansing is a very pretty town. The town has had frequent problems with student rioters. Overall 60% of the town is composed of students. I would recommend East  More

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