2025 Compare Cities Education:
Philadelphia, PA vs East Lansing, MI

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Highlights
- East Lansing spends 40.6% less per student than Philadelphia.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 13.2% higher in East Lansing than in Philadelphia. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- East Lansing had 12.9% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Philadelphia
 Philadelphia, PAEast Lansing, MIUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,353$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,192  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,708$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.04  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock11244573
 Students per Counselor408  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.8.4%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock97.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.16.7%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock4.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.32.5%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock20.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock10.6%1.5%
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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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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