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Bemidji, MN vs Rochester, MN

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Highlights
- Rochester spends 19.4% less per student than Bemidji.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 44.8% higher in Rochester than in Bemidji. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Rochester had 2.1% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Bemidji
 Bemidji, MNRochester, MNUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$14,702$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$15,097  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,869$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.96  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock9264573
 Students per Counselor910  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.7%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.6.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock94.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.25.9%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock11.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.28.6%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock13.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.7%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock3.6%1.5%
Reviews for Bemidji    4 Reviews

Over 4 years ago

Cons. Winter is long, very cold. Not a lot to do (unless you are very into the outdoors) Health care is TERRIBLE. Decent job opportunities are very low. Not the safest  More

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Bemidji, Minn., is home to Paul Bunyan and Babe the Blue Ox, USA curling teams and more art and theater than you'd think possible in a city of 13,000-plus. Downtown  More

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Over 17 years ago

Winters here can be very cold and you can generally look for a good amount of snow for winter  More

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Reviews for Rochester    31 Reviews

Roch (and Minnesota) is a great place IF you live off the govt dole; subsidize undesirable things (through generous welfare benefits, lax law enforcement and sentences,  More

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Rochester is very vanilla. As a progressive, this place is not good. The area leans conservative and you'll see Trump signs everywhere... so that tells you the type of  More

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Over 5 years ago

I moved here over 20 years ago from California and I was in shock for the first couple of years that people actually lived in such a cold climate! Winter starts around  More

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