2025 Compare Cities Education:
Bay City, MI vs Tuscaloosa, AL

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Highlights
- Tuscaloosa spends 8.4% more per student than Bay City.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 20.4% higher in Tuscaloosa than in Bay City. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Tuscaloosa had 3.1% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Bay City
 Bay City, MITuscaloosa, ALUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,846$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,065  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,597$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.98  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock5284573
 Students per Counselor559  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.9.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock90.1%88.9%
 Some College Educ.26.8%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock6.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.16.2%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock11.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.7%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock4.0%1.5%
Reviews for Bay City    7 Reviews

Bay City offers low prices for homes due to lower population (Current lower demand). Years ago, the population was more than 3x as big due to big lumber industry, etc.  More

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But everything else is going to  More

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There are many pros to Bay City, it is incredibly cheap to live in and most everything is very affordable. The problem is that the economy is terrible and there aren't  More

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Reviews for Tuscaloosa    9 Reviews

This is the deal with Tuscaloosa. If you have strong family support that will keep you on track, you may be okay. Alabama has too many broken, uneducated, poor  More

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We've lived in Tuscaloosa for several years now. It's a diverse, friendly college town -- home of the University of Alabama and it's lovely campus -- that is relatively  More

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Tuscaloosa used to have some character. We had a decent live music scene, an up and coming artist community, affordable housing, and there were even several places for  More

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