2025 Compare Cities Education:
East Lansing, MI vs Lafayette, IN

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Highlights
- Lafayette spends 13.8% less per student than East Lansing.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 9.0% lower in Lafayette than in East Lansing. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Lafayette had 8.0% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to East Lansing
 East Lansing, MILafayette, INUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$13,232$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,728  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,102$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.02  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock6234573
 Students per Counselor726  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.4%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.2%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock89.9%88.9%
 Some College Educ.14.0%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.7%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.68.3%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock7.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree7.5%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.6%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 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 Lafayette    16 Reviews

Over 12 years ago

I have lived here for 12 years and in a smaller town 20 miles away for over 35 years and like the people. But crime is on the rise, more arrests lately related to people  More

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Over 13 years ago

Lafayette still has a small town atmosphere. It is a wonderful place to raise children. There is a strong sense of community. Unfotunately in recent years Lafayette has  More

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I can say I have lived in Lafayette Indiana for 25 years. I'll say that home is home...but I would honestly say in less your a college student at Purdue, I would never  More

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