2025 Compare Cities Education:
Lansing, MI vs Santa Barbara, CA

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Highlights
- Santa Barbara spends 8.8% more per student than Lansing.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 23.4% higher in Santa Barbara than in Lansing. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Santa Barbara had 2.8% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Lansing
 Lansing, MISanta Barbara, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$16,705$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,728  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,862$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.02  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock123874573
 Students per Counselor726  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock7.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.5.5%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock88.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.26.1%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.28.7%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock12.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.4%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock3.5%1.5%
Reviews for Lansing    28 Reviews

I am in my fifth house in the greater Lansing area since relocating here in 1997 from the tri-city area (Midland/Bay City/Saginaw). Pros: people are friendlier here-  More

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I first moved to Lansing in the early 2000s for grad school @ MSU, went away and returned after several years. I must say, the area has improved VERY significantly  More

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This is a really nice place to live and people here are friendly there is a lot to do and a wide variety of different people and belief systems if you know where to look  More

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Reviews for Santa Barbara    51 Reviews

I moved to Santa Barbara around 23 years ago to study at Brooks, which like most of the Santa Barbara that I knew—has been destroyed. Homelessness, drugs, gangs, high  More

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Over 4 years ago

I fell in love with Santa Barbara about thirty years ago and finally moved here a few years ago. Because of the price of homes, it is an expensive place to live. The  More

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If you like high crime, paying a $4,500 a month mortgage and crazy high taxes, this is the place for you. It’s too bad because it wasn’t always like this. When I moved  More

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