2025 Compare Cities Education:
Muncie, IN vs East Lansing, MI

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- East Lansing spends 21.9% more per student than Muncie.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 10.7% higher in East Lansing than in Muncie. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- East Lansing had 10.3% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Muncie
 Muncie, INEast Lansing, MIUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,353$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,659  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,708$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.37  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock11244573
 Students per Counselor820  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.8.6%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock97.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.19.5%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock4.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.25.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock20.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.7%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock10.6%1.5%
Reviews for Muncie    10 Reviews

We moved from Chicago to Muncie and we absolutely love it. The housing prices, taxes, proximity to major cities are all hard to  More

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Over 12 years ago

Muncie offers a nice home town feel with four season  More

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Over 12 years ago

Stay away from Muncie, Indiana. The houses might be cheap, (there's a reason) but the roads are terrible, the cost of living is not any different than anywhere else. The  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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