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East Lansing, MI vs Athens-Clarke County, GA

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- Athens-Clarke County spends 1.9% less per student than East Lansing.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 28.9% higher in Athens-Clarke County than in East Lansing. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Athens-Clarke County had 8.3% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to East Lansing
 East Lansing, MIAthens-Clarke County, GAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,066$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,728  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,136$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.02  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock6984573
 Students per Counselor726  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.2%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock89.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.14.0%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock6.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.68.3%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock14.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree7.5%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock6.1%1.5%
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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Reviews for Athens-Clarke County    27 Reviews

Over 2 years ago

Athens is really a jewel hidden in & of itself. This place had so much stuff; it's constantly changing. They have city transit. They're expanding the highway and  More

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I absolutely love Athens, Ga. I grew up traveling the world, the first place that I have ever lived in for more than 5 years in a row was Athens, Ga. I cam here in 96  More

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The "Old South" is alive and well, thing about Baptists is they look like real people. Also come late Spring several religious groups feel they have the right to knock  More

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