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Marquette, MI vs Seattle, WA

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Highlights
- Seattle spends 63.5% more per student than Marquette.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 12.3% higher in Seattle than in Marquette. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Seattle had 1.1% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Marquette
 Marquette, MISeattle, WAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$20,069$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,178  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,846$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio16.5  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock9894573
 Students per Counselor495  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.0%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock95.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.17.2%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock6.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.46.1%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock19.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.2%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock3.9%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 Seattle    321 Reviews

I have lived here since 1975, I moved here from California but was born and raised in Michigan. I would have to say that I never regretted leaving Michigan and their  More

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Over 4 years ago

I’ve lived in Seattle for just under 7 years and while it can be a stunningly beautiful place, I am very excited to leave. I’ll start with some of the positive aspects.  More

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if you can afford it, Seattle is a very nice place to live and raise a family! however, it is extremely expensive and in the winter, it's rather gloomy. i love gloomy  More

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