Athens Technical College vs Savannah Technical College

Metric	Athens Technical College	Savannah Technical College
Undergraduate enrollment	3,318	3,366
In-state tuition	$3,390	$3,330
Out-of-state tuition	$5,958	$5,898
Average net price What students actually pay after aid	$6,949	$6,114
Median debt at graduation	—	$3,258
Graduation rate	50.6%	42.5%
First-year retention	73.0%	55.8%
Median salary (10 yr)	$35,951	$33,018

Metric

Athens Technical College

Savannah Technical College

Undergraduate enrollment

3,318

3,366

In-state tuition

$3,390

$3,330

Out-of-state tuition

$5,958

$5,898

Average net price
What students actually pay after aid

$6,949

$6,114

Median debt at graduation

—

$3,258

Graduation rate

50.6%

42.5%

First-year retention

73.0%

55.8%

Median salary (10 yr)

$35,951

$33,018

What the numbers say

Savannah Technical College costs less after aid — $6,114 a year versus $6,949, a difference of $835 annually, or roughly $3,340 across four years.
Athens Technical College graduates report higher median earnings — $35,951 against $33,018 ten years after entry.
Athens Technical College graduates a larger share of its students — 50.6% versus 42.5%.
On pure return — salary divided by net price — Savannah Technical College comes out ahead at 5.4× versus 5.2×.

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 Athens Technical College and Savannah Technical College run campus visits. Spending an afternoon on each will tell you things no dataset can.