Covenant College vs Reinhardt University

Metric	Covenant College	Reinhardt University
Undergraduate enrollment	939	1,066
Acceptance rate Lower means more selective	86.5%	61.5%
Average SAT	1,294	—
Median ACT	26	—
In-state tuition	$42,040	$30,074
Out-of-state tuition	$42,040	$30,074
Average net price What students actually pay after aid	$26,265	$24,425
Median debt at graduation	$22,500	$23,900
Graduation rate	71.5%	43.6%
First-year retention	88.2%	62.2%
Median salary (10 yr)	$50,412	$46,541

Metric

Covenant College

Reinhardt University

Undergraduate enrollment

939

1,066

Acceptance rate
Lower means more selective

86.5%

61.5%

Average SAT

1,294

—

Median ACT

—

In-state tuition

$42,040

$30,074

Out-of-state tuition

$42,040

$30,074

Average net price
What students actually pay after aid

$26,265

$24,425

Median debt at graduation

$22,500

$23,900

Graduation rate

71.5%

43.6%

First-year retention

88.2%

62.2%

Median salary (10 yr)

$50,412

$46,541

What the numbers say

Reinhardt University is the harder admit at 61.5%, against 86.5% at Covenant College.
Reinhardt University costs less after aid — $24,425 a year versus $26,265, a difference of $1,840 annually, or roughly $7,360 across four years.
Covenant College graduates report higher median earnings — $50,412 against $46,541 ten years after entry.
Covenant College graduates a larger share of its students — 71.5% versus 43.6%.
On pure return — salary divided by net price — Covenant College comes out ahead at 1.9× versus 1.9×.

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 Covenant College and Reinhardt University run campus visits. Spending an afternoon on each will tell you things no dataset can.