2025 Compare Cities Education:
East Lansing, MI vs Norman, OK

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Highlights
- Norman spends 38.4% less per student than East Lansing.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 1.1% higher in Norman than in East Lansing. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Norman had 4.0% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to East Lansing
 East Lansing, MINorman, OKUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,452$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,728  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,168$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.02  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock4234573
 Students per Counselor726  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.2%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock93.8%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.  Unlock13.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree7.5%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock4.5%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 Norman    10 Reviews

Over 9 years ago

I was born here, raised here, and spent most of my formative years here, but plan to leave soon. The schools are good, the healthcare is okay, and there is very little  More

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I originally came to live in Langston, OK because I had lost my job in Sanford, Florida. I had lived in Florida all of my life (45 years) until coming to Oklahoma. I was  More

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Over 12 years ago

When I came to college in Norman in 1967, after a childhood spent on miliary bases, I saw the leafy neighborhoods and the truly beautiful OU campus and I thought it was  More

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