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Marquette, MI vs Rochester, MN

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Highlights
- Rochester spends 19.8% more per student than Marquette.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 22.5% higher in Rochester than in Marquette. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Rochester had 0.1% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Marquette
 Marquette, MIRochester, MNUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$14,702$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,178  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,869$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio16.5  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock9264573
 Students per Counselor495  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.7%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.0%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock94.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.17.2%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock11.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.46.1%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock13.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.2%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock3.6%1.5%
Reviews for Marquette    11 Reviews

I've lived in Michigan most of my life, but traveled extensively throughout the US, so I can compare Marquette to many other cities. I still long to come back no matter  More

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A nice small affordable college town with a fairly accepting, laid back & liberal vibe, and a town with absolutely gorgeous natural surroundings. A town for Americans  More

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Over 8 years ago

I am not a native from here , so I am not biased. If you dream of having a big house for less then 400k this is your place. Very religious not in a bad way , but  More

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Reviews for Rochester    31 Reviews

Roch (and Minnesota) is a great place IF you live off the govt dole; subsidize undesirable things (through generous welfare benefits, lax law enforcement and sentences,  More

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Rochester is very vanilla. As a progressive, this place is not good. The area leans conservative and you'll see Trump signs everywhere... so that tells you the type of  More

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Over 6 years ago

I moved here over 20 years ago from California and I was in shock for the first couple of years that people actually lived in such a cold climate! Winter starts around  More

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