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Ann Arbor, MI vs Santa Rosa, CA

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Highlights
- Santa Rosa spends 5.2% more per student than Ann Arbor.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 37.2% higher in Santa Rosa than in Ann Arbor. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Santa Rosa had 12.5% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Ann Arbor

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 Ann Arbor, MISanta Rosa, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student$16,020$16,850$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,455$13,921$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$7,754$8,508$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.1720.8216.23
 Students per Librarian647142404573
 Students per Counselor503399530
 Grade School Educ.0.8%8.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.4%6.3%6.3%
 High School Educ.97.8%85.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.8.9%23.2%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.4.0%10.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.77.2%34.3%33.7%
 Masters Grad.26.8%8.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree8.3%3.0%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree11.6%1.3%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 Santa Rosa    43 Reviews

I was born and raised here. Santa Rosa used to be a great city great location great weather but now it is overcrowded and crime is off the charts and housing is crazy  More

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I've lived her over 20 years and it's a pretty nice place. The main vibe is you feel safe doing this day or night. Most of the neighborhoods are well taken care of, they  More

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Terrible city that's hurting for money. After going on a long hiatus from enforcing traffic laws, they've recently turned their highways into an ATM machine/cash cow by  More

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ZIPS IN ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN
48103 48104 48105 48109
ZIPS IN SANTA ROSA, CALIFORNIA
95403 95407 95404 95401 95409 95405

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