2025 Compare Cities Education:
Missoula, MT vs East Lansing, MI

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Highlights
- East Lansing spends 19.3% more per student than Missoula.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 20.1% higher in East Lansing than in Missoula. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- East Lansing had 0.8% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Missoula
 Missoula, MTEast Lansing, MIUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,353$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,200  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,708$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.17  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock11244573
 Students per Counselor296  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock97.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.20.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock4.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.50.3%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock20.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.7%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock10.6%1.5%
Reviews for Missoula    48 Reviews

I've lived here for 10 years and my view of the city has turned as we (barely) managed to buy a home, started a family, and the blight of homelessness has escalated out  More

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Over 5 years ago

I lived here for 6 years, and it never got any easier to live, I'm a Native American, these people her look down on us, I have been put in jail for sitting in a parking  More

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I have lived in Missoula on and off for the last 30 years, but consistently for the last 12. I met my wife and had my kids here. My father and my wife's entire family  More

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Reviews for East Lansing    4 Reviews

East Lansing is a wonderful, lively, youthful college town that has gotten better over time. You feel the strong Spartan Spirit everywhere as students, alumni and locals  More

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East Lansing is noted for being the home of one of the first Land Grant colleges -- Michigan State University. MSU has an large campus with an enormous area of land  More

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Over 17 years ago

East Lansing is a very pretty town. The town has had frequent problems with student rioters. Overall 60% of the town is composed of students. I would recommend East  More

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