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Chico, CA vs Ann Arbor, MI

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Highlights
- Ann Arbor spends 3.9% more per student than Chico.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 25.5% lower in Ann Arbor than in Chico. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Ann Arbor had 4.7% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Chico
 Chico, CAAnn Arbor, MIUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$16,020$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,014  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,754$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio20.35  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock6474573
 Students per Counselor455  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock0.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock97.8%88.9%
 Some College Educ.26.5%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock4.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.39.6%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock26.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.7%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock11.6%1.5%
Reviews for Chico    31 Reviews

Chico is imperfect like most places, but it's still good. Any and all of it's issues proceed from it's main fault of growing increasingly liberal, which is to be  More

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Over 3 years ago

Chico's decent. I've been living here for ~5 years now. Eveen though my brother loves Chico and would like to stay, I would like to leave. I have no issues with crime or  More

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I was born in Oroville and I grew up in Oroville and Biggs. I have heard all my life about crime in chico. Well I have lived in Chico near Chapman for almost 10 years  More

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Reviews for Ann Arbor    49 Reviews

Over 8 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 10 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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