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Thief River Falls, MN vs Bay City, MI

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Highlights
- Bay City spends 22.3% less per student than Thief River Falls.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 15.9% higher in Bay City than in Thief River Falls. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Bay City had 8.2% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Thief River Falls
 Thief River Falls, MNBay City, MIUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$10,933$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,258  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,278$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.79  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock7764573
 Students per Counselor2142  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock87.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.0%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.20.5%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock3.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.9%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.6%1.5%
Reviews for Thief River Falls    2 Reviews

I grew up here and came back for 10 years as an adult. There are jobs to be had with decent wages, but few large employers. This works out fine if you like what you're  More

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Thief River is a nice town, relatively untouched by the economic downturn plaguing the rest of the country. You can still find a pretty nice home here for around $100K  More

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Reviews for Bay City    7 Reviews

Bay City offers low prices for homes due to lower population (Current lower demand). Years ago, the population was more than 3x as big due to big lumber industry, etc.  More

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But everything else is going to  More

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There are many pros to Bay City, it is incredibly cheap to live in and most everything is very affordable. The problem is that the economy is terrible and there aren't  More

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