Aviation Institute of Maintenance-Atlanta vs Brewton-Parker Christian University

Metric	Aviation Institute of Maintenance-Atlanta	Brewton-Parker Christian University
Undergraduate enrollment	824	774
Acceptance rate Lower means more selective	—	96.5%
Median ACT	—	21
In-state tuition	$16,657	$20,120
Out-of-state tuition	$16,657	$20,120
Average net price What students actually pay after aid	$27,365	$26,054
Median debt at graduation	$31,500	$24,990
Graduation rate	46.3%	21.0%
First-year retention	74.1%	48.4%
Median salary (10 yr)	$48,191	$42,009

Metric

Aviation Institute of Maintenance-Atlanta

Brewton-Parker Christian University

Undergraduate enrollment

824

774

Acceptance rate
Lower means more selective

—

96.5%

Median ACT

—

In-state tuition

$16,657

$20,120

Out-of-state tuition

$16,657

$20,120

Average net price
What students actually pay after aid

$27,365

$26,054

Median debt at graduation

$31,500

$24,990

Graduation rate

46.3%

21.0%

First-year retention

74.1%

48.4%

Median salary (10 yr)

$48,191

$42,009

What the numbers say

Brewton-Parker Christian University costs less after aid — $26,054 a year versus $27,365, a difference of $1,311 annually, or roughly $5,244 across four years.
Aviation Institute of Maintenance-Atlanta graduates report higher median earnings — $48,191 against $42,009 ten years after entry.
Aviation Institute of Maintenance-Atlanta graduates a larger share of its students — 46.3% versus 21.0%.
On pure return — salary divided by net price — Aviation Institute of Maintenance-Atlanta comes out ahead at 1.8× versus 1.6×.

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 Aviation Institute of Maintenance-Atlanta and Brewton-Parker Christian University run campus visits. Spending an afternoon on each will tell you things no dataset can.