Agnes Scott College vs Covenant College

Metric	Agnes Scott College	Covenant College
Undergraduate enrollment	836	939
Acceptance rate Lower means more selective	62.2%	86.5%
Average SAT	1,260	1,294
Median ACT	—	26
In-state tuition	$50,604	$42,040
Out-of-state tuition	$50,604	$42,040
Average net price What students actually pay after aid	$24,754	$26,265
Median debt at graduation	$26,749	$22,500
Graduation rate	70.7%	71.5%
First-year retention	81.3%	88.2%
Median salary (10 yr)	$56,274	$50,412

Metric

Agnes Scott College

Covenant College

Undergraduate enrollment

836

939

Acceptance rate
Lower means more selective

62.2%

86.5%

Average SAT

1,260

1,294

Median ACT

—

In-state tuition

$50,604

$42,040

Out-of-state tuition

$50,604

$42,040

Average net price
What students actually pay after aid

$24,754

$26,265

Median debt at graduation

$26,749

$22,500

Graduation rate

70.7%

71.5%

First-year retention

81.3%

88.2%

Median salary (10 yr)

$56,274

$50,412

What the numbers say

Agnes Scott College is the harder admit at 62.2%, against 86.5% at Covenant College.
Agnes Scott College costs less after aid — $24,754 a year versus $26,265, a difference of $1,511 annually, or roughly $6,044 across four years.
Agnes Scott College graduates report higher median earnings — $56,274 against $50,412 ten years after entry.
Covenant College graduates a larger share of its students — 71.5% versus 70.7%.
On pure return — salary divided by net price — Agnes Scott College comes out ahead at 2.3× versus 1.9×.

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 Covenant College run campus visits. Spending an afternoon on each will tell you things no dataset can.