Georgia Career Institute vs Interactive College of Technology-Chamblee

Metric	Georgia Career Institute	Interactive College of Technology-Chamblee
Undergraduate enrollment	515	521
In-state tuition	—	$11,330
Out-of-state tuition	—	$11,330
Average net price What students actually pay after aid	$14,966	$15,506
Median debt at graduation	$7,735	$10,555
Graduation rate	69.0%	37.0%
First-year retention	76.5%	59.5%
Median salary (10 yr)	$23,686	$27,065

Metric

Georgia Career Institute

Interactive College of Technology-Chamblee

Undergraduate enrollment

515

521

In-state tuition

—

$11,330

Out-of-state tuition

—

$11,330

Average net price
What students actually pay after aid

$14,966

$15,506

Median debt at graduation

$7,735

$10,555

Graduation rate

69.0%

37.0%

First-year retention

76.5%

59.5%

Median salary (10 yr)

$23,686

$27,065

What the numbers say

Georgia Career Institute costs less after aid — $14,966 a year versus $15,506, a difference of $540 annually, or roughly $2,160 across four years.
Interactive College of Technology-Chamblee graduates report higher median earnings — $27,065 against $23,686 ten years after entry.
Georgia Career Institute graduates a larger share of its students — 69.0% versus 37.0%.
On pure return — salary divided by net price — Interactive College of Technology-Chamblee comes out ahead at 1.7× 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 Georgia Career Institute and Interactive College of Technology-Chamblee run campus visits. Spending an afternoon on each will tell you things no dataset can.