Chamberlain University-Georgia vs Georgia Southwestern State University

Metric	Chamberlain University-Georgia	Georgia Southwestern State University
Undergraduate enrollment	1,940	2,424
Acceptance rate Lower means more selective	91.4%	75.2%
Average SAT	—	978
Median ACT	—	21
In-state tuition	$20,515	$5,220
Out-of-state tuition	$20,515	$16,572
Average net price What students actually pay after aid	$33,188	$12,019
Median debt at graduation	$20,919	$18,851
Graduation rate	50.0%	40.6%
First-year retention	40.0%	57.6%
Median salary (10 yr)	$92,405	$48,757

Metric

Chamberlain University-Georgia

Georgia Southwestern State University

Undergraduate enrollment

1,940

2,424

Acceptance rate
Lower means more selective

91.4%

75.2%

Average SAT

—

978

Median ACT

—

In-state tuition

$20,515

$5,220

Out-of-state tuition

$20,515

$16,572

Average net price
What students actually pay after aid

$33,188

$12,019

Median debt at graduation

$20,919

$18,851

Graduation rate

50.0%

40.6%

First-year retention

40.0%

57.6%

Median salary (10 yr)

$92,405

$48,757

What the numbers say

Georgia Southwestern State University is the harder admit at 75.2%, against 91.4% at Chamberlain University-Georgia.
Georgia Southwestern State University costs less after aid — $12,019 a year versus $33,188, a difference of $21,169 annually, or roughly $84,676 across four years.
Chamberlain University-Georgia graduates report higher median earnings — $92,405 against $48,757 ten years after entry.
Chamberlain University-Georgia graduates a larger share of its students — 50.0% versus 40.6%.
On pure return — salary divided by net price — Georgia Southwestern State University comes out ahead at 4.1× versus 2.8×.

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 Chamberlain University-Georgia and Georgia Southwestern State University run campus visits. Spending an afternoon on each will tell you things no dataset can.