2025 Compare Cities Education:
East Lansing, MI vs Cambridge, MA

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- Cambridge spends 53.5% more per student than East Lansing.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 29.6% lower in Cambridge than in East Lansing. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Cambridge had 2.2% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to East Lansing
 East Lansing, MICambridge, MAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$23,560$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,728  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$12,141$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.02  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock3544573
 Students per Counselor726  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.2%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock95.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.14.0%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock2.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.68.3%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock28.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree7.5%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock15.1%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 Cambridge    14 Reviews

Over 10 years ago

Cambridge is a great place to live. It is rather expensive, but has great access to Boston, schools and hospitals. There is a lot of construction underway that can be  More

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Need info on test results on tap or drinking water quality, 02139 Green St area.  More

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Home to both Harvard and MIT, Cambridge is the cornerstone of higher education. Residents are very intelligent and open to new ideas.   More

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