Agnes Scott College vs American InterContinental University-Atlanta

Metric	Agnes Scott College	American InterContinental University-Atlanta
Undergraduate enrollment	836	734
Acceptance rate Lower means more selective	62.2%	—
Average SAT	1,260	—
In-state tuition	$50,604	$13,527
Out-of-state tuition	$50,604	$13,527
Average net price What students actually pay after aid	$24,754	$16,482
Median debt at graduation	$26,749	$31,000
Graduation rate	70.7%	20.8%
First-year retention	81.3%	14.3%
Median salary (10 yr)	$56,274	$36,144

Metric

Agnes Scott College

American InterContinental University-Atlanta

Undergraduate enrollment

836

734

Acceptance rate
Lower means more selective

62.2%

—

Average SAT

1,260

—

In-state tuition

$50,604

$13,527

Out-of-state tuition

$50,604

$13,527

Average net price
What students actually pay after aid

$24,754

$16,482

Median debt at graduation

$26,749

$31,000

Graduation rate

70.7%

20.8%

First-year retention

81.3%

14.3%

Median salary (10 yr)

$56,274

$36,144

What the numbers say

American InterContinental University-Atlanta costs less after aid — $16,482 a year versus $24,754, a difference of $8,272 annually, or roughly $33,088 across four years.
Agnes Scott College graduates report higher median earnings — $56,274 against $36,144 ten years after entry.
Agnes Scott College graduates a larger share of its students — 70.7% versus 20.8%.
On pure return — salary divided by net price — Agnes Scott College comes out ahead at 2.3× versus 2.2×.

How to actually choose

Comparison tables are a starting point, not a decision. Three things matter more than anything in the table above:

Your real aid offer. Net price is an average across all income levels. Two students at the same school can pay amounts that differ by tens of thousands. Wait for actual award letters before ruling anything out on cost.
Your intended major. Earnings vary more between majors at one school than between schools for one major. A computer science graduate from the "lower earning" school here will likely out-earn a general studies graduate from the other.
Whether you will finish. Graduation rate is the metric most predictive of whether the money spent turns into a credential. Campus fit, support services, and commute all feed into it more than prestige does.

Visit before you commit

Both Agnes Scott College and American InterContinental University-Atlanta run campus visits. Spending an afternoon on each will tell you things no dataset can.