2026 Compare Cities Education:
East Lansing, MI vs Austin, TX

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Highlights
- Austin spends 28.8% more per student than East Lansing.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 14.6% lower in Austin than in East Lansing. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Austin had 7.3% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to East Lansing
 East Lansing, MIAustin, TXUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$19,780$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,728  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,081$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.02  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock8054573
 Students per Counselor726  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock5.3%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.2%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock90.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.14.0%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock5.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.68.3%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock14.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree7.5%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.6%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 18 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 Austin    449 Reviews

Over 2 years ago

Good place to visit.  More

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Austin is too expensive. Let's get that out of the way. Other than that it is a fun city. Ladybird Lake makes the city, imo. The ability to stand up paddle, kayak, walk  More

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The city continues to grow quickly, which a lot of people don't like. I get it, you fall in love with a city, and it's growing so fast that you don't recognize the same  More

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