Aviation Institute of Maintenance-Atlanta vs United Education Institute-Stone Mountain

Metric	Aviation Institute of Maintenance-Atlanta	United Education Institute-Stone Mountain
Undergraduate enrollment	824	911
In-state tuition	$16,657	—
Out-of-state tuition	$16,657	—
Average net price What students actually pay after aid	$27,365	$32,174
Median debt at graduation	$31,500	$9,500
Graduation rate	46.3%	55.8%
First-year retention	74.1%	65.5%
Median salary (10 yr)	$48,191	$27,688

Metric

Aviation Institute of Maintenance-Atlanta

United Education Institute-Stone Mountain

Undergraduate enrollment

824

911

In-state tuition

$16,657

—

Out-of-state tuition

$16,657

—

Average net price
What students actually pay after aid

$27,365

$32,174

Median debt at graduation

$31,500

$9,500

Graduation rate

46.3%

55.8%

First-year retention

74.1%

65.5%

Median salary (10 yr)

$48,191

$27,688

What the numbers say

Aviation Institute of Maintenance-Atlanta costs less after aid — $27,365 a year versus $32,174, a difference of $4,809 annually, or roughly $19,236 across four years.
Aviation Institute of Maintenance-Atlanta graduates report higher median earnings — $48,191 against $27,688 ten years after entry.
United Education Institute-Stone Mountain graduates a larger share of its students — 55.8% versus 46.3%.
On pure return — salary divided by net price — Aviation Institute of Maintenance-Atlanta comes out ahead at 1.8× versus 0.9×.

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 United Education Institute-Stone Mountain run campus visits. Spending an afternoon on each will tell you things no dataset can.