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Michigan City, IN vs San Diego, CA

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Highlights
- San Diego spends 19.6% more per student than Michigan City.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 51.2% higher in San Diego than in Michigan City. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- San Diego had 1.0% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Michigan City

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 Michigan City, INSan Diego, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student$13,673$16,358$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,939$13,161$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$6,185$8,084$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.9822.6516.23
 Students per Librarian891187444573
 Students per Counselor736513530
 Grade School Educ.2.9%5.7%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.8.7%5.0%6.3%
 High School Educ.88.4%89.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.5%18.6%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.8.7%7.7%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.16.9%47.6%33.7%
 Masters Grad.4.6%12.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.8%3.6%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree0.7%3.4%1.5%

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Reviews for Michigan City    5 Reviews

Over 4 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 7 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 14 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 San Diego    319 Reviews

I have lived in San Diego for more than half my life (I am 30) and love it. It has something for everyone and more from arts, to sporting events, and all cuisine is  More

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The only real knock again San Diego is the cost of living, but it is paradise compared to most cities of similar size. Those who complain about the traffic here or say  More

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I have lived in San Diego since 1968 and I am now almost 62 years old. I love San Diego, I really do. But it has become so crowded and so expensive over the years. It  More

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ZIPS IN MICHIGAN CITY, INDIANA
46360
ZIPS IN SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA
92154, 92126, 92105, 92114, 92115, 92113, 92117, 92129, 92130, 92128, 38 total

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