2025 Compare Cities Education:
Lincoln, NE vs East Lansing, MI

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Highlights
- East Lansing spends 17.7% more per student than Lincoln.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 24.1% higher in East Lansing than in Lincoln. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- East Lansing had 5.2% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Lincoln
 Lincoln, NEEast Lansing, MIUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,353$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,921  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,708$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.71  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock11244573
 Students per Counselor387  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.0%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock97.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.20.9%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock4.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.40.1%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock20.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.2%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock10.6%1.5%
Reviews for Lincoln    67 Reviews

Over 4 years ago

I've lived in Lincoln since 1965. Since the Boosalis Administration the city has been in a slow continual decline despite a growing population. Downtown Lincoln is  More

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I grew up in Lincoln. As a child I have nothing but fond memories of this city. I moved around a few times, places including Crete, and Omaha. Lincoln gives you the best  More

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Over 5 years ago

I've lived in Lincoln for 7 years and love it. Communities are safe, and if you forget to close your garage door, neighbors will call you. There are lots of trails that  More

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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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