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Minneapolis, MN vs Rochester, MN

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Highlights
- Rochester spends 23.8% less per student than Minneapolis.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 25.8% higher in Rochester than in Minneapolis. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Rochester had 4.1% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Minneapolis

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 Minneapolis, MNRochester, MNUnited States
 Expend. per Student$19,300$14,702$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,406$12,126$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$9,461$7,869$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio16.0720.2116.23
 Students per Librarian7539264573
 Students per Counselor533435530
 Grade School Educ.5.2%2.7%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.1%2.9%6.3%
 High School Educ.90.7%94.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.16.4%15.8%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.7.4%11.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.52.6%48.7%33.7%
 Masters Grad.14.5%13.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.9%5.2%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree2.5%3.6%1.5%

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Reviews for Minneapolis    163 Reviews

Lived here since 2007. Great city. I would’ve gave it 5 stars but the winter weather ??. Great for many, I’m burned out on it. We’re the coldest major city in the US and  More

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It’s not Minnesota nice, it’s sardonic.. we know you’re full of **** but we will play along for a while, make you uncomfortable for attempting to pull one over on us..  More

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Over 3 years ago

I lived in Minneapolis (or St. Paul or Stillwater) for 20 years. Minneapolis is a very livable city. It has quality museums, good transportation, excellent healthcare,  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 4 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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ZIPS IN MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA
55407, 55406, 55414, 55408, 55411, 55418, 55404, 55419, 55417, 55412, 21 total
ZIPS IN ROCHESTER, MINNESOTA
55901 55904 55902 55906 55905

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