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Ypsilanti, MI vs Somerset, KY

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Highlights
- Somerset spends 29.6% less per student than Ypsilanti.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 3.1% higher in Somerset than in Ypsilanti. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Somerset had 15.6% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Ypsilanti
 Ypsilanti, MISomerset, KYUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,277$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,455  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,241$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.17  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock5074573
 Students per Counselor503  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock10.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.8%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock78.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.27.7%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.43.0%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock6.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.7%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.6%1.5%
Reviews for Ypsilanti    7 Reviews

Over 15 years ago

I have been in Michigan all my life. I was born in Detroit and moved to Ypsilanti to raise my family. Ypsi is about 35 minutes outside of Detroit and it's nice to  More

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Over 17 years ago

Ypsilanti appears to be a safe college town, but upon closer look it is evident that it is a crime-ridden city. Be safe, never travel alone during the night or early  More

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Over 18 years ago

My life in Ypsi was wonderful. Worked at the Kaiser Frazer plant for 3 years My first born (Girl) was born there. Wish to return. Winters were cold and summers were  More

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Reviews for Somerset    7 Reviews

Over 11 years ago

There is certainly a small town atmosphere here. It seems as if there is a high percentage of the population that wants to get Somerset "on the map", but they want to do  More

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Over 15 years ago

I have lived here since 1989. My family moved me here from Chicago Ill when I was 5 years old. Growing up in this place, I can tell you first hand what you children will  More

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Over 17 years ago

I wanted to post facts on somerset on my previous post because sometimes on bestplaces.net it is just opinions and those can be misleading or one-sided. So I posted  More

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