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East Lansing, MI vs South Bend, IN

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Highlights
- South Bend spends 17.2% less per student than East Lansing.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 10.2% lower in South Bend than in East Lansing. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- South Bend had 10.1% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to East Lansing
 East Lansing, MISouth Bend, INUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$12,718$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,728  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,138$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.02  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock8994573
 Students per Counselor726  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.2%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock87.8%88.9%
 Some College Educ.14.0%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.68.3%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock8.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree7.5%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.2%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 South Bend    25 Reviews

When it comes to standard of living, neighborhoods, safety, schools, wage earners and tax dollar contributing citizens Mishawaka hands down, will always made better  More

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Moving here is much harder than growing up here, I know from many people I've talked to. When you grow up here you learn how to interact with people, everyone will seem  More

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I’ve lived in the city for 4 years now and have honestly had a good experience so far. I live in a quite neighborhood and have had no issues with crime or violence.  More

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