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Columbia, MO vs East Lansing, MI

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Highlights
- East Lansing spends 7.8% more per student than Columbia.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 33.1% higher in East Lansing than in Columbia. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- East Lansing had 2.4% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Columbia
 Columbia, MOEast Lansing, MIUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,353$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,303  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,708$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio12.79  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock11244573
 Students per Counselor260  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.5%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock97.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.17.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock4.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.53.8%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock20.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.6%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock10.6%1.5%
Reviews for Columbia    41 Reviews

If you are an active person and love to be outdoors and go to college sporting events, Columbia is a great place to live! I run and bike and go to Mizzou events a lot. I  More

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Over 4 years ago

I've live in CoMo for 20 yrs. NOT sure about this state of the art water park??!! There are great parks but nothing else for families. NO zoo, museum, and definitely no  More

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I lived there for a year and hated every minute. Columbia reminded me of the San Francisco of the Midwest. It is overrun with homeless people. Law enforcement is  More

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Reviews for East Lansing    4 Reviews

East Lansing is a wonderful, lively, youthful college town that has gotten better over time. You feel the strong Spartan Spirit everywhere as students, alumni and locals  More

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East Lansing is noted for being the home of one of the first Land Grant colleges -- Michigan State University. MSU has an large campus with an enormous area of land  More

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Over 17 years ago

East Lansing is a very pretty town. The town has had frequent problems with student rioters. Overall 60% of the town is composed of students. I would recommend East  More

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