Emory University-Oxford College vs United Education Institute-Stone Mountain

Metric	Emory University-Oxford College	United Education Institute-Stone Mountain
Undergraduate enrollment	967	911
Acceptance rate Lower means more selective	13.1%	—
Average SAT	1,520	—
Median ACT	33	—
In-state tuition	$64,280	—
Out-of-state tuition	$64,280	—
Average net price What students actually pay after aid	$37,920	$32,174
Median debt at graduation	$18,250	$9,500
Graduation rate	94.1%	55.8%
First-year retention	93.7%	65.5%
Median salary (10 yr)	$80,137	$27,688

Metric

Emory University-Oxford College

United Education Institute-Stone Mountain

Undergraduate enrollment

967

911

Acceptance rate
Lower means more selective

13.1%

—

Average SAT

1,520

—

Median ACT

—

In-state tuition

$64,280

—

Out-of-state tuition

$64,280

—

Average net price
What students actually pay after aid

$37,920

$32,174

Median debt at graduation

$18,250

$9,500

Graduation rate

94.1%

55.8%

First-year retention

93.7%

65.5%

Median salary (10 yr)

$80,137

$27,688

What the numbers say

United Education Institute-Stone Mountain costs less after aid — $32,174 a year versus $37,920, a difference of $5,746 annually, or roughly $22,984 across four years.
Emory University-Oxford College graduates report higher median earnings — $80,137 against $27,688 ten years after entry.
Emory University-Oxford College graduates a larger share of its students — 94.1% versus 55.8%.
On pure return — salary divided by net price — Emory University-Oxford College comes out ahead at 2.1× 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 Emory University-Oxford College and United Education Institute-Stone Mountain run campus visits. Spending an afternoon on each will tell you things no dataset can.