Chattahoochee Technical College vs West Georgia Technical College

Metric	Chattahoochee Technical College	West Georgia Technical College
Undergraduate enrollment	8,727	5,163
In-state tuition	$3,540	$3,410
Out-of-state tuition	$6,108	$5,978
Average net price What students actually pay after aid	$3,407	$2,457
Median debt at graduation	—	$11,110
Graduation rate	38.3%	35.4%
First-year retention	67.5%	57.8%
Median salary (10 yr)	$37,138	$35,479

Metric

Chattahoochee Technical College

West Georgia Technical College

Undergraduate enrollment

8,727

5,163

In-state tuition

$3,540

$3,410

Out-of-state tuition

$6,108

$5,978

Average net price
What students actually pay after aid

$3,407

$2,457

Median debt at graduation

—

$11,110

Graduation rate

38.3%

35.4%

First-year retention

67.5%

57.8%

Median salary (10 yr)

$37,138

$35,479

What the numbers say

West Georgia Technical College costs less after aid — $2,457 a year versus $3,407, a difference of $950 annually, or roughly $3,800 across four years.
Chattahoochee Technical College graduates report higher median earnings — $37,138 against $35,479 ten years after entry.
Chattahoochee Technical College graduates a larger share of its students — 38.3% versus 35.4%.
On pure return — salary divided by net price — West Georgia Technical College comes out ahead at 14.4× versus 10.9×.

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 Chattahoochee Technical College and West Georgia Technical College run campus visits. Spending an afternoon on each will tell you things no dataset can.