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East Lansing, MI vs Mobile, AL

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- Mobile spends 29.9% less per student than East Lansing.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 23.6% higher in Mobile than in East Lansing. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Mobile had 8.4% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to East Lansing
 East Lansing, MIMobile, ALUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$10,769$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,728  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,527$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.02  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock5794573
 Students per Counselor726  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.2%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock89.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.14.0%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.68.3%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock7.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree7.5%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.1%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 Mobile    37 Reviews

Over 4 years ago

Avoid at all costs weak job market bad schools discrimnation of disabled in workplace and schools , I have lived here most of my life and have been trying to get out  More

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someone freshly graduated from high school with no work experience can pick up a serving job and make more hourly than someone who works in an entry level healthcare  More

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Over 4 years ago

I lived in that City for almost 12 years I have nothing good to say about it I have nothing bad to say about it People especially the cops some cricket wrong doing  More

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