2025 Compare Cities Education:
Michigan City, IN vs Philadelphia, PA

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Highlights
- Philadelphia spends 89.0% more per student than Michigan City.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 0.4% higher in Philadelphia than in Michigan City. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Philadelphia had 2.1% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Michigan City
 Michigan City, INPhiladelphia, PAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$25,843$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,939  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,842$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.98  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock23804573
 Students per Counselor736  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock5.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.8.7%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock86.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.5%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock6.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.16.9%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock9.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.8%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.8%1.5%
Reviews for Michigan City    5 Reviews

Over 5 years ago

I’ve lived in Michigan City for over 10 years now(March 2020) and am a native of Northwest Indiana (40 years.) Michigan City is an older town, on Lake Michigan ESE of  More

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Over 8 years ago

My in-laws live there. I love to visit the place. Nice people. The city has everything, malls, restaurants, cafes. It's very close to the nature. It's cold in the  More

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Over 15 years ago

HUMID and HOT in the June,July, August and bone chilling cold in Dec and Jan. Snow is just crazy...the lake effect snow machine comes right down off lake michigan and  More

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Reviews for Philadelphia    139 Reviews

Philadelphia is a very walkable and fun city to explore (albeit be aware of where not to explore at least at night). The city has beautiful old architecture , great  More

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I’m originally from New York City, then lived in a small city in upstate New York for eight years, then moved down to Philadelphia and have lived here for many years.  More

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Now the only reason some people disagree is because MONEY. If you live in “manayunk” (which I lived for 2 years) you can’t compare … you can’t compare your out skirt  More

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