Brewton-Parker Christian University vs Southeastern Technical College

Metric	Brewton-Parker Christian University	Southeastern Technical College
Undergraduate enrollment	774	1,008
Acceptance rate Lower means more selective	96.5%	—
Median ACT	21	—
In-state tuition	$20,120	$3,400
Out-of-state tuition	$20,120	$5,968
Average net price What students actually pay after aid	$26,054	$10,612
Median debt at graduation	$24,990	$5,750
Graduation rate	21.0%	37.5%
First-year retention	48.4%	68.6%
Median salary (10 yr)	$42,009	$30,329

Metric

Brewton-Parker Christian University

Southeastern Technical College

Undergraduate enrollment

774

1,008

Acceptance rate
Lower means more selective

96.5%

—

Median ACT

—

In-state tuition

$20,120

$3,400

Out-of-state tuition

$20,120

$5,968

Average net price
What students actually pay after aid

$26,054

$10,612

Median debt at graduation

$24,990

$5,750

Graduation rate

21.0%

37.5%

First-year retention

48.4%

68.6%

Median salary (10 yr)

$42,009

$30,329

What the numbers say

Southeastern Technical College costs less after aid — $10,612 a year versus $26,054, a difference of $15,442 annually, or roughly $61,768 across four years.
Brewton-Parker Christian University graduates report higher median earnings — $42,009 against $30,329 ten years after entry.
Southeastern Technical College graduates a larger share of its students — 37.5% versus 21.0%.
On pure return — salary divided by net price — Southeastern Technical College comes out ahead at 2.9× 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 Brewton-Parker Christian University and Southeastern Technical College run campus visits. Spending an afternoon on each will tell you things no dataset can.