2025 Compare Cities Education:
Bowling Green, KY vs Michigan City, IN

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Highlights
- Michigan City spends 7.8% more per student than Bowling Green.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 9.2% lower in Michigan City than in Bowling Green. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Michigan City had 4.2% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Bowling Green
 Bowling Green, KYMichigan City, INUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$13,673$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,814  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,185$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio16.5  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock8914573
 Students per Counselor407  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.7.5%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock88.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.21.0%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.7%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.30.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock4.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.5%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.7%1.5%
Reviews for Bowling Green    7 Reviews

I have lived in Bowling Green 12 years, prior to that I lived in the Terre Haute IN area. Compared to Terre Haute, my husband and I much prefer BG. The winters are much  More

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Over 7 years ago

I was born in BG 62 yrs ago. I left at 17 and returned in 2015. Compared to Texas & the west, BG is the worst. If you like sunshine (I do), it is horrible in BG.  More

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I have lived in Bowling Green for almost seven years now. I'm originally from the Oklahoma City/Moore OK area. My husband and I moved here for his job. Honestly,  More

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Reviews for Michigan City    5 Reviews

Over 5 years ago

I’ve lived in Michigan City for over 10 years now(March 2020) and am a native of Northwest Indiana (40 years.) Michigan City is an older town, on Lake Michigan ESE of  More

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Over 8 years ago

My in-laws live there. I love to visit the place. Nice people. The city has everything, malls, restaurants, cafes. It's very close to the nature. It's cold in the  More

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Over 15 years ago

HUMID and HOT in the June,July, August and bone chilling cold in Dec and Jan. Snow is just crazy...the lake effect snow machine comes right down off lake michigan and  More

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