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Ann Arbor, MI vs Fayetteville, NC

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- Fayetteville spends 36.9% less per student than Ann Arbor.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 6.8% lower in Fayetteville than in Ann Arbor. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Fayetteville had 5.4% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Ann Arbor
 Ann Arbor, MIFayetteville, NCUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$10,111$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,455  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,015$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.17  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock5574573
 Students per Counselor503  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.4%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock92.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.8.9%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.77.2%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock6.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree8.3%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.0%1.5%
Reviews for Ann Arbor    49 Reviews

Over 9 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 11 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 Fayetteville    46 Reviews

I have lived in Fayetteville for 21 years and I LOVE IT! Fayetteville is a military town and that is what brought my husband and I here originally. Since January 2000  More

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I've lived in the area for a little over ten years - after moving around to many, many places in my career - and I find that Fay is overall pretty much average. Most of  More

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I've lived in the area for a little over ten years - after moving around to many, many places in my career - and I find that Fay is overall pretty much average. Most of  More

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